This is a subject which I’m sure has been discussed before, many many times, but well… The discussions I’ve found all seen to have rather skewed priorities.
The thing is, I don’t want to play demanding 3d games, mine bitcoins, or whatever crazy stuff people have their phones doing. It is a phone… Well, a smartphone, but still, if the various manufacturer could simply get into their heads that we don’t actually need 4k displays, Subwoofers and and telephoto zoomlenses in our phones and get them to stop forcing it on us, I think it would all be for the better. Those who want those things will undoubtedly still be able to get it, and the rest of us can then get to own a phone that has a battery that last more than thirty second, and a lifetime more than 30 days.
My current phone will soon celebrate it’s 5 year anniversary, which is impressive, but alas, it is not enough that the hardware is working, the software has to be working as well, and as is, I’m basically not able to install any apps. Not because the phone is not powerful enough to run the apps I want to run, it certainly is, but because there haven’t been an update for my phone in a long time.
So I thought to myself, perhaps it is time to compromise and get a new phone, even though it shouldn’t be necessary. I mean I have the money, so what’s stopping me?
That I’m God damn stubborn, that’s what! I utterly refuse to go spend God knows how much money, because of course any reasonable mid-low end quality phone is nonexistent, on something that’s basically outdated before I even hand over the money, and that I’ll have to replace 6 months down the line, because some asshole CEO don’t think that the fortune I’ve spend entitles me to use my phone any longer than that.
Well, it was good to get that out of the system, but seriously, what are we to do? I’m saying we, because I’m sure I’m not the only one. Just lie down and take it like a man? Well, I’m certainly not doing that, so I’m looking for options. There has to be some.
I’ve been spending a great deal of time, scouring the web, hoping to find something of use, but it seems that even in the best case scenario, you couldn’t expect to be able to use your phone for more than 2 years (you might be able to, you just shouldn’t expect to), that is from the release date, not the purchase date, and that just isn’t good enough.
Then of course there’s the issue of finding something resembling the right hardware, which in my case means the Sony xz1 compact. Oh ya, that right, it’s already ancient, but luckily it had an update, where they basically changed everything I like. It now has an 1080p display instead of an 720p. Why I cannot say, as 720p on that size display is basically retina grade, they moved the fingerprint reader from the convenient placement on the power button to the back, which just means I won’t be using it, but most importantly, they changed the overall design from something simple, clean and comfortably, to the abomination that is the xz2! Yes, I know, I’m ranting again. I just can’t help it.
And the thing is, the xz1 wasn’t even that great to begin with. I had numerous flaw, some rather major ones too, but it was the best fit I could find.
So, why don’t I just buy the xz1 again if I love it so much. Well, forgetting for the moment that it still cost a fortune, I am done compromising, which is why I’ve come here to ask for advice, assuming I can ever stop ranting.
Okay the rant is over.
I’ve looked under every rock I can think of, and I have found nothing. Literally nothing that even come close to helping me out. Seems like people are content with the options of something way over the top, or something from the last millennium, there just isn’t anything in between.
Hopefully you’ll all tell me how wrong I am and what I should do, but if not, I see no other option that to start a kickstarter or something, to provide a proper alternative, only I wouldn’t have the slightest clue where to begin.
Best regards and may your day be better than mine.