Just looking for a phone that won't become redundant due to battery degrading. Currently I have a pixel 3 which I am happy with however the battery life is becoming very low and it is not worth replacing and new batteries for this phone are no longer made so they are old and degraded.
Any phones that won't have this issue?
Buy a decent brand new battery and replace it:
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Google+Pixel+3+Battery+Replacem…
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/372789073633
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/133941983592
Not sure why you think this isn't viable anymore. I've swapped 4 year old iPhone X battery just fine.
I've heard that because they are old stock these batteries will be degraded and won't last long either
This isn't necessarily the case if they have been stored correctly. The replacement I put in showed 100% battery health in the iPhone.
I've heard that because they are old stock these batteries will be degraded and won't last long either
It's non-sense. When stored properly, lithium batteries will last several years without any significant degradation.
Suppose you buy a new pixel 3 today, but it happens to be "old stock", ie manufactured in 2018, will the battery feel degraded? Of course not. The same goes for other products that have long shelflives (eg toothbrushes, two-way radios).
The bigger factor in battery degradation is cycle count. A lithium battery lasts around 500 cycles. For a phone that's charged daily, that might only be 1.5 years.
Also over charging and running flat too often can affect the life of the battery.
Agree
Best to stick to Samsung or Apple
Plenty of batteries around and every repair shop in Australia has stock and will replace them.
This means plenty of choice and hence lots of competition which keeps the cost down.
All batteries degrade over time so at some point you're going to have to either replace the battery or the whole phone.
And now that they have glass on both front and back they become damaged much easier hence need to replace phone comes before battery replacement for many people
You have to go back to the old corded phone and plug it into the VOIP socket in order to ensure the phone battery does not degrade as these do not have a battery.
Nokia 3310.
Not redundant due to battery
would you like a phone with your battery?
I see what you dued there.
To ensure a sealed and watertight phone etc they are always going to be this way should be under $100 for most phones to have its battery replaced to get another couple years of extra life
To ensure a sealed and watertight phone
Sorry to break it to you, but the vast majority of phones aren't watertight.
The internal battery is just a design decision based on factors like size, headphone jacks, notches, etc. Heck, getting people to buy a new phone more frequently is probably a motivating factor for the manufacturer too.
They all use lithium batteries which degrade over time. Waterproof-ness and planned technical obsolescence has meant that user replaceable batteries don't really exist in phones anymore.
As mentioned all lithium batteries will degrade due to charging and discharging them. When you buy a new phone/replace your battery you can aim to keep the battery charged between 40% and 80% at all times.
I did this with my iPhone 8 which I’ve had since the start of 2018 and it preserved the battery pretty well, not having any issues still although I might replace it sometime early to mid next year. I still get about 5 hours of constant use time out of the battery, like browsing OzBargain, email, Google etc.
Interesting something I noticed recently
on my old phones, LG seemed to be the best at retaining charge in storage,
following was Samsung and last was my burner ZTE phones but they were no " flagship models so likely lesser grade materials i guess…
Am slowly wiping my old phones and sending off for Recovery/ or ♻️
Any phones that won't have this issue?
Get one with a built-in nuclear reactor.
My 3310 nokia is still going strong from 20 years ago… Maybe thats a goer…
it' not the battery you need to worry about if not intending to upgrade get a better specked phone . Brother inlaw keeps buying cheap phones useless memory ,crappy processors ,complains apps won't run scared to download any apps because of memory problems then new os comes out and more problems……
All phones use basically the same batteries, and premium brands aren't less susceptible to problems.