Although your mobile has exceeded the official guarantee and you have to pay for possible repairs, it does not necessarily mean that it has become obsolete. One of the keys to know is the age of the mobile, but it is not a determining factor. Therefore, we are going to tell you when is the time when you should start saying goodbye to your old smartphone.
This will also help you if you are thinking of buying a new mobile because it is very well priced and you do not know if it is a good idea or not, in which case we recommend that you look at the age of the smartphone based on when it was officially launched and when it was purchased to get a better idea. But it is not the only thing you should see.
No longer receiving updates
If your mobile no longer receives important updates for a while and has also stopped receiving any type of update , it is undoubtedly already obsolete. After a short time, it will not be as safe as other models on the market and its performance will begin to suffer.
To find out if your mobile is going to receive any more updates , you can check when it was launched on the market and what the brand’s update policy is. Generally, they tend to offer more in high-end models, while low- or mid-range models are somewhat more careless in this regard. Depending on the brand, the years can be different from no update to several years.
From the age of 3 or 4 you could begin to consider changing your mobile if it is medium or low range, although this will depend on the specific mobile , since when some still have a lot of life left and some update ahead, others are already totally out of phase
His performance is not what it was
You will consider the change when you begin to notice that your mobile is not enough for what you usually do. For example, you can no longer install app updates because of insufficient memory or it ‘hangs’ when you’re checking social media. Or if it goes out every two times three.
You may notice that its fluency or performance are not the same, or that it falters too much in these aspects when it was working well before, and no matter how much you do, it is not enough because the current requirements are not what they were before. Although it may not be as exaggerated as the examples mentioned, if it no longer gives you basic uses , it is that it has become obsolete.
It will also be if your needs have changed and you need something else that this mobile cannot give you, but in this case it may only have become obsolete for you, but it could be enough for another person in some specific cases.
Start having problems due to the passage of time
You’ve been using your mobile for a while, or you’re going to buy one, and it’s already a few years old. The problem is when it starts to present problems for this reason, such as the buttons failing , the screen does not work as it should, it seems that the storage does not reach you even when you have deleted everything, it is clearly deteriorated, the battery has problems or any other problem. case in which you have searched all possible solutions without success.
Also when the repairs can cost you as much or more than getting a new mobile. If you start to see signs that your mobile is ‘already old’ and has suffered over time, not only on a physical level, you should consider looking for a new one.