Any modern HDR format or Apple Log footage cannot be efficiently decoded on such an old phone. Decoders are much more efficient today and support newer formats.
I won't argue that as I don't know anything about it.
Too hold on to a smartphone for 7 years makes little sense when there are trade in programs these days.
It makes little
financial sense. Because most people trade their phones in to pay for their new ones. There are others, people such as myself, for who it makes perfect
nostalgic sense to hold on to old phones.
The most toxic part of a phone is the battery and instead of replacing that for new batteries and increasing ACTUAL e-waste, it is better to trade the whole phone in.
You're probably correct, I've replaced several batteries on phones. However, eventually the phones will either occupy a shelf with their box or actually be turned in for e-waste. Unfortunately, I find that a lot of major name recyclers are unwilling to take such older phones/tablets as I have. When or if I eventually get around to recycling things it will be a hunt to find someone that actually accepts them.
The direction smart phone photography is going in will make even the 15 series look redundant in 5 years. We are moving towards 3D scanning, NERF and photogrammetry. The capabilities of sensors to do that will be much higher in 5 years and almost nobody who likes to take photos or capture memories will want to keep an old phone.
Here I diverge. If I want serious photos I get a real camera. My phone is simply for on the go stuff. Yes, what you say is true, however, it's nothing I want in a phone. I want something that is good enough.
My family is not particularly fond of having pictures taken. For me, a legacy of my father snapping pictures out of the blue when you least expected it, or demanding you stand there and get your picture taken. I hate it. My wife has her own issues. My kids are meh about pictures and most often try to avoid getting their pictures taken as much as possible.
So a big majority of the pictures I take are so my wife can see what item she wants me to bring home when I am at the store. In short, I really don't care about taking macro pictures from the surface of Pluto.
Don't trust Google. They almost always tell lies and their rotten culture goes straight to the top. If they say they are supporting Android for 7 years it is a more likely a PR stunt because the iPhone 15 has kicked Pixel phone in the nuts and buried it.
All my services are with Google. I agree, I don't trust them. However, they have yet to get rid of calendars (Google Calendar), notes (Google Keep), books (Google Books) and mail (GMail). I'd also just mention that I am not a heavy user of Gmail as it's not my primary email account. Everything I named above though is cross platform and will work on any device and any computer. Which is why I use it.
I was upset when they transferred Google Music to Youtube Music. I went back to using my NAS.
