Oldest daily driver?

[Casualballer]

I have a buddy running around with a HTC one m8. I thought that was pretty cool. I know a guy still using an S5.
Any of you out there still daily driving anything older? Backup phones don't count lol

 

[gendo667]

I have a buddy running around with a HTC one m8. I thought that was pretty cool. I know a guy still using an S5.
Any of you out there still daily driving anything older? Backup phones don't count lol

I've got the Galaxy S10 and the LG G8. My friend however, he's using an iPhone 4. He can't be helped. I've tried.

 

[Casualballer]

I've got the Galaxy S10 and the LG G8. My friend however, he's using an iPhone 4. He can't be helped. I've tried.

That is insane! What's the equivalent in Android, an s2?
(and btw those out there still rocking ancient blackberries, heavy respect)

 

[gendo667]

That is insane! What's the equivalent in Android, an s2?
(and btw those out there still rocking ancient blackberries, heavy respect)

Actually the OG. the Samsung Galaxy S.

 

[B. Diddy]

With my aging eyes, I'd need an electron microscope to see things on an iPhone 4 screen these days.

 

[aximtreo]

With my aging eyes, I'd need an electron microscope to see things on an iPhone 4 screen these days.

I know the feeling. Age 75 but still kicking. By the way; I used electron microscopes for almost 10 years and then sold them for Philips and Carl Zeis for over 30 years.

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

My mum rocks an S3, well 2 and 2 note 4s, and 2 Note 8s and now a Note 9. Yes all at once. She is addicted to phones.

 

[Mike Dee]

My mum rocks an S3, well 2 and 2 note 4s, and 2 Note 8s and now a Note 9. Yes all at once. She is addicted to phones.

Apple didn't fall far from the tree.

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

Apple didn't fall far from the tree.

Oh Mike!! Never spoken a truer word.... we also like handbags!!!

 

[B. Diddy]

I know the feeling. Age 75 but still kicking. By the way; I used electron microscopes for almost 10 years and then sold them for Philips and Carl Zeis for over 30 years.

Cool! So you can get me a Friends & Family discount, right? Maybe take $100 off, so it'll only cost me $999,900?

 

[Morty2264]

Great thread topic!

Wow, an HTC One M8... I remember *really* wanting one of those. Man, I love HTC.

 

[Morty2264]

That is insane! What's the equivalent in Android, an s2?
(and btw those out there still rocking ancient blackberries, heavy respect)

My brother was using a BlackBerry Q10 two years ago. He said it was a powerhouse for his job.

 

[Casualballer]

My mum rocks an S3, well 2 and 2 note 4s, and 2 Note 8s and now a Note 9. Yes all at once. She is addicted to phones.

That's a new level! I always loved the feel of the s3 in hand. It curved and settled in the hand in a way that was unique and now with the normalization of phablets, you never get anymore. I forgot how good it was till I saw a friend of mine who uses one as a dedicated GPS /media player in his car.

 

[Mr Segundus]

The longest I used a single model for a daily driver was for 2 1/2 years with the OG Motorola Droid. Now I can barely keep one phone for six months.

 

[j_hansen]

Apple didn't fall far from the tree.

Or should that be the 'non' Apple ??????

 

[the_boon]

Wasn't too long ago I was rocking the BlackBerry Priv. The Snapdragon 808 was crap at launch in 2015, and it did NOT age well. Whatever time is gained by typing accurately on it, is lost by waiting for apps/screens to load.
I owned multiple units of that phone and did every single optimization trick in the book, but the fact is that it remains unusable as a daily driver in 2020.

The oldest I'd go now is my KEYone Black Edition. If you removed the keyboard (and notif LED) though, you get a very generic underpowered midranger from 2017.

 

[mustang7757]

Wasn't too long ago I was rocking the BlackBerry Priv. The Snapdragon 808 was crap at launch in 2015, and it did NOT age well. Whatever time is gained by typing accurately on it, is lost by waiting for apps/screens to load.
I owned multiple units of that phone and did every single optimization trick in the book, but the fact is that it remains unusable as a daily driver in 2020.

The oldest I'd go now is my KEYone Black Edition. If you removed the keyboard (and notif LED) though, you get a very generic underpowered midranger from 2017.

Snap dragon 808 was horrible

 

[Casualballer]

Snap dragon 808 was horrible

What was the issue with it? I wasn't holding with the tech scene at the time. Badly optimized? Quality control issues?

 

[mustang7757]

What was the issue with it? I wasn't holding with the tech scene at the time. Badly optimized? Quality control issues?

Heat issues, performance .

 

[Morty2264]

Wasn't too long ago I was rocking the BlackBerry Priv. The Snapdragon 808 was crap at launch in 2015, and it did NOT age well. Whatever time is gained by typing accurately on it, is lost by waiting for apps/screens to load.
I owned multiple units of that phone and did every single optimization trick in the book, but the fact is that it remains unusable as a daily driver in 2020.

The oldest I'd go now is my KEYone Black Edition. If you removed the keyboard (and notif LED) though, you get a very generic underpowered midranger from 2017.

That's really disappointing that the 808 affected the BlackBerry Priv in that way. The Priv, from what I remember, was pure awesomeness. But when your processor is slow...