Buying a new mobile is a decision that is not always easy, since we do not always find models that adapt to our needs with an accessible price. It is in these cases when we look back and look for cheaper new mobiles , but also old ones . Something that may not always be a good idea.
And it is that buying an old mobile at a reduced price is a very good idea, but it is not always positive, since it is evident that we are going to lose some qualities that we will only enjoy with a really new mobile that has just arrived on the market.
The Software, something you will have to sacrifice
Especially in Android phones, waiting a few months after the launch of a phone can perfectly save several hundred euros, depending on the range of the phone that we are talking about. But you will have to choose between saving some money, or having, for example, a much lower support from the manufacturer at the software level. We are not talking about guarantees, because these are immovable and perfectly valid from the first day we release the phone.
And the fact is that the software is above all the aspect that most penalizes the purchase of a veteran mobile. And it is that the terms of updates of a phone do not begin the day you release this, but the moment in which that model reached the market . So if you buy a mobile one year old, rest assured that this phone will continue to be updated only for one more year. Unless the manufacturer has another policy with the updates and they arrive for a longer time, but regardless of the case it is certain that you will have lost a year of updates. Of course, of course when you release it you will receive all those of that year at once, if it does not arrive with them already.
Other aspects to consider
Buying an old mobile can also be something that we notice in other aspects, although probably less important than those related to software. It is possible that when we get hold of it we will no longer find accessories for it , or at least to a lesser extent than when the phone hit the market. And of course we will have to sacrifice the hardware of the phone and assimilate that it will no longer be a next-generation terminal.
Which will surely force us to sacrifice other aspects , such as a lower quality camera, a screen that today surely does not have a high refresh rate, and other characteristics that in more veteran mobiles it is evident that we will not find. But without a doubt the main sacrifice is that of the software, we will have to face that yes or yes.