Phones don't actually get slower, or, they shouldn't, if they are reasonably well maintained. A battery swap might be necessary to preserve battery life under load. A NAND might start going bad.

Apple just shipped iOS 27, which has support for 2019's iPhone 11. So we are around 7 years there. It's probably fine for many people's use!

For a task like openclaw or hermes, or even something more aggressively graphical & GUI, it's not hard to imagine an 8 year old phone doing fine.

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jstummbillig 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Phones don't actually get slower, or, they shouldn't, if they are reasonably well maintained.

Relative to ever rising hw requirements of apps they obviously get slower. That is why I personally buy new phones.

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datadrivenangel an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Have you ever owned an older phone or older computer in general? Whether hardware or software caused, they get slower.

	▲	msh an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Only if the software gets slower. My 2015 MacBook Air is slow with the latest supported macOS but runs Linux super snappy for the same tasks.

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carlosjobim 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Battery swaps usually don't work very well, unfortunately.

	▲	zblibli 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
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