The longer your phone lasts, the better, although it is inevitable that sooner or later it will be your turn. consider renewing it for a more modern one. Not necessarily out of taste, but out of necessity.
When your cell phone needs a retirement, you can recycle it as an alarm clock, security camera and many other uses, but if you are still unsure whether the time is right or not, here is a list of symptoms indicating that your current mobile phone needs to be retired this will help you make the decision
There’s no free space for anything
If you spend more time playing Tetris with your phone’s free space than using it, delete the cache, uninstall apps just so you can update others or having to choose which of your memories deserve to last and which end up in the trash, then you may need a phone with more storage space.
Freeing up space and using memory cards (if supported) only partially solves the problem. If your cell phone has very little space, having for example 16 or 32 GB of storage. For many, myself included, even 64 or 128 GB of storage start to be pretty claustrophobic options, especially when we use them for years.
Battery drains quickly
The Achilles heel of old cell phones is generally the battery, since it a component that degrades with use, so the longer your cell phone is, the less capacity it will have. Instead of being able to extend its lifespan by more than a day, there will come a time when it won’t last even half a day and you will have to use a powerbank or have an outlet nearby.
If your cell phone still works well in other aspects, You may consider changing the battery, although it will depend on the price of the service and that of your mobile. If it’s a cheap cell phone and it’s not worth changing the battery, when it has so little capacity that your cell phone is barely “mobile”, it’s a good indication that you need to change your cell phone.
It is very slow
Over time, cell phones become slower due to different factors, and while there are things you can do to speed them up, they have their limits. Newer mid-range or high-end mobile phones age more gracefully, but entry-level phones that they were already just standard They end up becoming extremely slow over time.
There’s not much you can do to speed up the CPU, memory, and storage. So when you spend more time I’m waiting for the phone to do something (update, open applications, etc.) that by using it, it is time for you to consider an update.
It still burns
Related to the previous point, when a mobile phone runs out of power, it will need to catch up.work hard for anything. As a result, it will overheat more for any simple task.
The fact that the phone is still very hot is a sign that either you are putting more effort on it than expected (if we are talking about normal use, not in games), or simply I can’t follow performance for today’s demands. This overheating, in addition to being uncomfortable when holding the phone, is very damaging to the battery.
It’s broken
This is perhaps one of the most obvious symptoms: when the phone is physically destroyedwith major damage like a screen full of cracks or scratches, a button that doesn’t work or has fallen off, or a charging port that only works if you insert the cable at a perfect angle.
Depending on the damage, you may consider repair it at the official technical servicealthough in many cases the cost of the repair will exceed that of the mobile phone itself.
Some applications no longer work
This is the symptom that you will surely find yourself less, because nowadays Android apps are usually compatible with very old versions of the operating system. For example, WhatsApp said goodbye to mobile phones that still used Android KitKat, a version released more than ten years ago.
However, if you continue to use a cell phone that is a few years old, you will gradually notice that latest versions of apps drop support. This is a good indication that it is time to consider changing mobile or going the refresh route with custom ROMs.
You can’t find covers or protectors
It is also less common, although possible, that this will be very difficult for you. find cases or protectors for the glass of your mobileWell, it’s been around for a while and they don’t sell them anymore. The normal thing here is that you first stop finding them in physical stores around you and then in online stores in your country.
You will always have China, not Paris, and e-commerce sites like Aliexpress and similar generally keep covers for old models, but it is true that there will be fewer and fewer of them. I wouldn’t change my phone just for that reason, even if that reason reminds you that your phone is already a few years old.
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