Don't unnecessarily buy smartphones every year

Cobalt is an ingredient in high-performance alloys that are used for all kinds of super high-tech stuff.

The congo is probably the most fuckd country on earth simply because it has insane amounts of natural resources but no infrastructure. Meaning all those natural resources are bought and paid for by other countries at rock bottom prices and don't benefit it's people

A bunch of independent contractors being lifted from poverty, pursuing the glorious journey towards economic freedom that capitalism offers! Poor gets poorer.

Tm apna dekho bhai. 18% GST nehi milega tumhara Desh ka kya hoga.

I haven't used any other android phone other than Samsung

I personally feel...mobile shld last arnd 5 years then its worth it...n money well spend

Not bcoz of climate issue or other BS....but financial reasons

same using a asus phone which gonna be 5yr next month without updating i also believe updates creates more issues than solving 

Using Asus Max pro M1 from last 5 years..just replaced it's battery..at a minimal cost of Rs.1000 today.. its good now for next 5 years

One electric vehicle has batteries equivalent to 10000 phones probably if not more. Maybe we should try to make ev batteries without using cobalt like Tesla instead of worrying about phone batteries.

wish companies start to push security updates and software updates separately as true that newer OS updates won't give the same performance (for most phones) like the android version it came with as it was built mostly on that version prior to release, moreover the manufacturer's skin like realmeUI/MIUI/ColorOS etc will dominate over the original Android skin and doesn't really give much updates in terms of features when you are moving from say now A13 to A14 but  security updates are the key I feel as it keeps your phone updated with latest fixes from google as somehow or the other everyone these days have their banking information via gpay/bank mobile app etc and if they release quarterly security updates for min 4-5yrs then it would be great as max you might end up in replacing battery once on the hardware side..

Company are making phones that  can work  not more yhan 2 years by  hook or crook . They  start doing forced updates  game and make your phone slow and also tie up with app brands to stop  working on particular versions .

Its  High level Greed  with  No  Environment  or Human Care

Samsung really sucks, gets stuck after1 year

Running 🏃 beautifully?

like baywatch babes? 

I use my devices as long as they get updates. 

My ~7 years old Redmi 3s has got A14 update and quite likely A15 will be the last possible. 

Redmi Note 3 is nearing 7 years as well but is stuck on A11 (disregarding A12 port ROM) but security patches are upto date. Only minor issue is NPCI blocking UPI Lite activation in the device based on some criterion which I haven't been able to figure out.

Poco F1 with the recent 4.19 upgrade is good for A15 update so that's another device good for ~7 years. Custom ROM devs can get by the minimum kernel requirements so A16+ can't be ruled out for. 

If custom ROM development for my current primary device, Poco F4, is anywhere as good as the above three I can't forsee any issue in using it for several years as well. 

Battery industry is wasting resources ...but one industry everyone ignores when talking about natural resource depletion ...no industry wastes more natural resources than the fast fashion industry

That comment by OP about Samsung is not true especially for the S series phones and even the mid-range (over 15k phones). We have 6 Samsungs in our house (a mix of S and A series with the oldest being over 6 years old) and I made a few friends get the M series for themselves and their parents (which are now 3-4 years old). No one has complained about anything. In fact, I eagerly await software upgrades and install them the day they are available. People need to moderate their usage of cellphones and use them with care to get long life out of them. Maintenance (not filling up the phone with photos/videos just because it has 128GB, removing unnecessary apps, disabling notifications from apps that really shouldn't be sending notifications, limiting streaming/video usage on social media apps, avoiding gaming, not pushing the phone's battery regularly to below 20%) can do wonders to the life of a phone.

Sahi hai log

Chalo maan lete aaj se sab lok every year; phone nahi lete.

Par unn logo ka kya jab ye companies workforce kaam kardegi aur bahut saare log apna dukan closed kardegi?

Aisa dekha jayega sab ko chocolate kana baand kar dena chaiye sabse pehle, especially Nestle brand.

Electronics se kahi guna jayada Danger FMGG market hai

There are hardly a few people who purchase new phones or electronics every year, but whereas we purchase FMGG products every day, just imagine how tortured the poor have to go for this.

There are some activists who just want to dent big companies without knowing what impact they will have on others

Below is the song just understand the sony lyrics you will know how society works

Buy anything ONLY when your previous bought thing is used of properly...example: don't buy a phone every year just for showoff..research and take a good phone and use it for 2years atleast ...then buy a new phone and sell your old phone...secondly, clothes...nowadays there are more clothes available than the actual need of any number of persons in family.and most of the clothes are wasted within few days as new type of kurta /saree/suits are released. At the end .what matters is NEED and REQUIREMENT

do not worry as karma is a bish. 

African Koboko -------------------------> is the best in the world vs india --> and once indian ♀s get a taste of black they are never going back. 

So all the natural resources stolen for will paid for by indian ♀s,  just like how every body copy pastes ghetto african music to be relevant these days.

What i liked the most, that i came to know Oppo is better than samsung

That's so true!

We can use mobiles as many years we can.

But what about apps support?. 

Apps like paytm do not support less than android 8.

So if we are using for longer time, we cannot use such apps. 

Generally mid range mobile should be used for maximum 3 to 4 years depending upon mobile condition And app support.. 

No need to buy every year.