How often is it appropriate to change the phone?
In the past, many people in order to pursue fashion, or out of face, the new mobile phone out of the first time to replace, but this situation has changed a lot in recent years. Not long ago, the topic of #How long have you not changed your mobile phone#, #Why young people are reluctant to change your mobile phone# has been on the Weibo hot search list, and netizens have left messages saying that their mobile phones have been used for four years.
Research data also shows that consumers' mobile phone update cycles are gradually getting longer. According to data released by industry analysis company Counterpoint, the average replacement cycle of Chinese users has exceeded 31 months. It can be seen that the frequency of domestic users changing mobile phones is indeed getting slower and slower.
According to the investigation of the motivation of users to replace mobile phones by China Mobile Terminal Lab, passive replacement caused by mobile phone damage, running caton, insufficient storage space, and poor battery life has become the most important reason for users to change machines.
Indeed, the comprehensive performance of mobile phones is obviously better than before, hardware configuration, software experience, system optimization, etc. continue to improve, as long as the memory is enough, the use is not Caton, the battery life is no problem, the use of three or four years is not unusual, coupled with the user in the replacement of the new machine more and more rational, the replacement cycle is naturally extended.
But as an electronic product, the mobile phone still has the problem of hardware aging, such as battery capacity attenuation caused by the endurance shrinkage, screen and shell wear, and software system garbage accumulation, etc., so that they do not want to change the machine does not matter, here are some of the most affordable and simple methods, let the old mobile phone continue to live, another 1 year!
Spend a little money, official renovation
In order to sell, mobile phone manufacturers naturally want everyone to often change new mobile phones, but in the reality of prolonged replacement cycle, whether it is for user stickiness or to enhance brand reputation, manufacturers have launched a series of old machine upgrade services to meet the needs of consumers. For example, the battery and back shell of the mobile phone are replaced at a low price, and the storage capacity can be upgraded by spending some money.
I searched for the relevant after-sales preferential policies of various mainstream brands, and the students who needed it took it for themselves.
Huawei: 99 yuan to change the battery, 169 yuan to change the external screen, 389 yuan to upgrade the storage
If you are a veteran huawei mobile phone user, then you should know that Huawei carries out the thanksgiving season almost every year, and the first Huawei service day is fixed from Friday to Sunday every month.
Some people may not understand the difference between these two activities, in short, usually after the warranty period of the mobile phone (that is, the old mobile phone mainly involved in this article), if you want to replace the battery and other accessories, the official will charge in the way of "unlearned maintenance", that is, maintenance spare parts fee + labor cost, according to the specific model, the charge is different.
During the Huawei Service Day, go to the Huawei Customer Service Center, go to the store for unlearned repairs and reduce labor fees, and enjoy free cleaning, maintenance, filming, system upgrade services, as well as free return services and small gifts.
Huawei's thanksgiving season is more similar to the "one-price" maintenance service, the recent Huawei thanksgiving season (from April 1 to June 30), including 99 yuan to replace the battery, 389 yuan from the memory upgrade, 169 yuan from the screen outer glass repair, etc., other spare parts maintenance enjoy 8.2% discount.
This not only saves labor costs, batteries, external screens and other related spare parts are divided into different grades of "one price", which further reduces the consumer's out-of-warranty maintenance costs, some on-site can be replaced, and the replacement accessories can also enjoy a 90-day warranty.
The battery replacement is divided into three price points: 99 yuan, 129 yuan and 359 yuan. Among them, the 99 yuan file includes most of the free and Mai Mang models, most of which belong to the low-end mobile phone or entry-level model; the 129 yuan file includes the Mate series, P series, Nova series of high-end mobile phones; the 359 yuan file has Mate XS, Mate X two devices.
In July last year, Huawei's storage upgrade service was greatly praised by users, because many users had nothing wrong with the battery and screen of their mobile phones, but they had to change their mobile phones because of insufficient storage space. Now spend a few hundred yuan to expand the original 64GB storage capacity of the mobile phone directly to 128GB, 256GB, which is not more cost-effective than buying a new mobile phone?
Taking the Huawei P20 Pro in 2018 as an example, if the original purchase was a 6+64GB version, it is definitely not enough now, through the official storage upgrade service, at least 389 yuan, you can upgrade to 6+128GB, 559 yuan to 256GB. I looked at it, and this service covers huawei P10, Mate 9, nova 2S, Enjoy 10, Honor 9, Honor Note10 and other old models.
Users with relevant needs can inquire and make reservations through the "My Huawei" APP or the Huawei Terminal Customer Service Mini Program.
Glory: service day activities, preferential price screen change, battery price
Due to the historical relationship between Honor and Huawei, in terms of after-sales service, Glory can almost be said to be copied in its entirety. Take the Honor Service Day, which is the first Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of the month consistent with Huawei, and the labor fee is reduced or waived for uninsured maintenance in the store, and at the same time, it enjoys free cleaning, maintenance, filming, and system upgrade services.
In addition, activities such as changing batteries and screens at a price have also been inherited here in Glory. The replacement battery is divided into three price points of 99 yuan, 129 yuan and 149 yuan; the price of external screen maintenance is 219 yuan, similar to the high-cost four-curved screen such as honor Magic3 Pro, and the replacement price of the external screen is also relatively low at 479 yuan.
It should be noted that from the first mobile phone Honor V40 released after the independence of the Honor brand, the time is only more than a year, so most of the new Honor mobile phones are still under warranty, and this non-warranty maintenance price is only for special cases (such as human damage) that cannot enjoy warranty services.
New mobile phones generally do not have the need for storage expansion, and Honor currently has no related services. After independence, the glory is mainly positioned as a high-end flagship, and some screen replacement costs have risen.
The old Glory mobile phone before the brand independence continues to enjoy preferential prices through the Huawei-related services introduced earlier, and both new and old users of Honor do not need to worry about after-sales service problems, which still need to be praised.
Xiaomi: Monthly quality service week, 816 thanksgiving season, 49 yuan for battery replacement
Xiaomi's most well-known after-sales service is not 49 yuan battery replacement activity, during the rice noodle festival at the beginning of this month, Xiaomi launched this activity again, only 10,000 copies were snapped up every day, I don't know if everyone grabbed it?
It doesn't matter if you don't grab it, 49 yuan battery replacement as the highlight of Xiaomi's after-sales service, usually in the 816 thanksgiving season will be opened, if necessary, you can wait for a few months.
If you can't wait, during the non-thanksgiving season activities, the price of Xiaomi's official after-sales replacement battery is only 99 yuan. In addition, like Huawei and Honor, Xiaomi also provides a mobile phone external screen accidental fragmentation replacement service, with a price of 175 yuan. Although Xiaomi currently has no storage expansion plan, it has also launched a motherboard maintenance one-price service, like Xiaomi CC9 Pro store replacement motherboard only 199 yuan, Xiaomi 8 for 269 yuan.
The rear shell color service is of course a xiaomi feature, and for a long time, I don't like the color matching of the mobile phone I bought, and I change it to other colors through this service, or the original official back shell, which is very suitable for users who like "naked running".
The 1st to 7th of each month is the Xiaomi Service Week, and the above related services will have some additional benefits, and you can enjoy the exemption of labor fees, as well as free cleaning and maintenance and filming.
Another advantage of Xiaomi after-sales service is that its service items and charges are very transparent, and it can be searched directly with "service" as a keyword on Xiaomi's official website to see various service items. At the same time, its discontinued products are also announced and regularly updated.
Judging from the latest announcements, Xiaomi Note3, Xiaomi 6X, Xiaomi 8 SE, etc. stopped service in February this year, and Xiaomi 6, which may be the most user, also stopped serving in September last year, and mi 6 nail households that still have the illusion of replacing the 49 yuan battery are still giving up.
vivo: the protective case is free to send, 59 yuan to change the battery, 19 yuan from the back cover to change as you like
It is understood that during the period from March 1 to May 31, vivo is carrying out preferential activities such as battery safety replacement, screen discount replacement, and back cover replacement, and the relevant rights and interests can be found in the VIPO official website APP - my - all services, find the "original parts replacement activities" to participate.
I looked at it, whether it is to change the battery, change the screen, change the back cover, the price is very thick, such as replacing the battery, the cheapest 69 yuan, the most expensive is only 99 yuan, and the 18th of each month is vivo member day, choose this day to change the battery can also enjoy another 10 yuan discount, that is to say, the battery replacement minimum is only 59 yuan.
The activity of replacing the back cover is also very extensive, like Xplay6, which has long been discontinued series is still in the list, and only 39 yuan is needed during the event, the largest discount is undoubtedly the NEX rear fingerprint version of the original price of 215 yuan, and now 19 yuan can be replaced, most models have a variety of color choices, it is really conscience.
In addition, on the vivo membership day, you can also enjoy a free film, free to send the right to the protective shell, this wool is not white and white.
OPPO: 9.9 yuan from the custom front film / back film, the motherboard price
The 16th to 18th of each month is OPPO Member Day, during which users enjoy free film, points deduction maintenance fees and other rights, the most special is that each member account can also enjoy a personalized front film / back film service of 9.9 yuan per month, the original retail price is 49 yuan.
This kind of membership day activity that various manufacturers have is more like a small favor to please users, and everyone is more concerned about how to change the battery and change the screen.
In this regard, oppo is most worth mentioning the motherboard maintenance price, which provides a relatively large discount, as low as 2.5% off the original price, which greatly saves the cost of out-of-warranty maintenance. For example, the original price of the motherboard before the Find X discount is 1980 yuan, and the use of a price is only 499 yuan.
As for battery replacement, oppo has no relevant special activities recently, from September to November last year, it launched a "intimate endurance plan", 59 yuan ~ 109 yuan to enjoy the original battery replacement service.
In fact, during the inactive period, the price of the official battery replacement is not expensive, the most expensive is only 129 yuan, the cheapest 69 yuan, and the price difference during the activity period is not much.
It is worth saying that after the overall integration of OnePlus mobile phone into the OPPO system, the after-sales business has also merged with OPPO, and its official after-sales service outlets have increased from the previous 20 to more than 50 now, and will continue to expand. OnePlus refueling day activities continue to be retained, and the time is the same as OPPO, which is the 16th to 18th of each month, and also enjoys free labor fees and other benefits.
After combing through, I found that the cost of replacing the battery, screen and even the motherboard of the old mobile phone is actually not as expensive as some people think after the official after-sales service, and the replacement of accessories is far less than the cost of buying a new mobile phone.
So calculated, if your mobile phone is only the battery, screen aging and other issues, you can rest assured to go to the official after-sales "replacement", especially during the membership service day activities, you can also enjoy additional preferential services. And whether it is charging or testing and maintenance services, the price has been transparent, the price of related spare parts can basically be queried on the official website, even the whole process of maintenance and replacement, most of which can be completed at the counter, disassembled and replaced in person.
At the same time, it also reminds everyone that if it involves disassembling, you must back up the data in advance, and the manufacturer is not responsible for the loss of equipment data during the maintenance process. It is not difficult to see that the mobile phone market competition is becoming more and more fierce, but also prompting manufacturers to maintain old customers through some after-sales service, and the friendliness to "nail households" is also very high.
The more you use the card, the more you use it, the more you use it
In addition to hardware renovation, the actual use of the experience also includes mobile phone systems and software applications, as for Android mobile phones are often criticized by users of the "more use of the card", if your mobile phone is also used in this situation, the first thing to understand is that the cause of caton is the mobile phone problem, or your improper use?
The use of mobile phones is prolonged, and some catons are actually normal phenomena. On the one hand, the longer the mobile phone is used, the more bloated the APP, such as WeChat, the chat history file is getting bigger and bigger, and the loading burden is getting heavier and heavier.
On the other hand, the version update of many APP will also increase the burden on the mobile phone, obviously we only need to use a certain function a lot of times, use it up and go, but the APP always prompts the update, resulting in more and more to the back, the use of functions has not changed, and the resource occupation is more and more.
What's more frightening is that such APPS are often required applications, such as Taobao, Jingdong shopping APP, Alipay, Hungry Mo, Meituan takeaway APP, and some taxi APPS.
In the face of this situation, in addition to turning off the automatic update of the application, you can also replace some APP with mini programs, such as takeaway, taxi, etc., almost all of which can be used directly by mini programs, which not only reduces resource occupation, but also does not affect the functional experience.
In addition, mobile phones equipped with the old version of the Android system are not sound enough in terms of privacy and security and permission mechanism, and there may be cases of mistaken installation of rogue applications, which greatly affects the normal use of mobile phones.
Although some apps are not recommended to be updated frequently, if there is a system update, especially a large version of the system update support, it is recommended to upgrade in time. In addition to the more perfect function mechanism, the performance of the Android system version update can also be optimized.
For users with strong hands-on ability, through some performance management and background restrictions, the performance of the mobile phone can be further exerted. Usually the default settings of the mobile phone will give priority to balancing the performance and power consumption, heat generation and other issues, but not necessarily suitable for all situations, then you can find a similar entry in the settings - battery, find a similar entry for power saving and performance, according to the current condition of the phone and your needs, flexibly adjust the performance release strategy.
For the sake of using security and after-sales maintenance considerations, it is not recommended for Root mobile phones, in fact, the developer options of Android mobile phones have provided some background process control functions, and in the case of no need for Root, you can customize the killing background mechanism, set the number of background applications, etc.
The specific operation is to find the developer option, in which the "Applications" category, you can see that the activity and background process restrictions are not retained. If you turn on the Don't keep activity option, the background is completely cleaned up each time you exit the app. The number of background processes that can be allowed in the background process limit. At the same time, it is best to look at the background check again, whether there is an application that secretly opens the background running.
In addition, it is also feasible to prevent self-starting and clean up garbage with the help of some apps. The key to choosing this type of application is to be small in size, concise in function, and pay attention to distinguishing itself from some disguised rogue applications.
Here recommend two, one is the refrigerator Ice Box, its processing method is very simple and direct, closed into the refrigerator is equivalent to disabling the application, naturally there is no background self-start, power consumption problem, when needed, take out the application is very convenient.
The other is max Optimizer, Chinese called "Super Vacuum Cleaner," a phone cleaning acceleration tool. The interface function is clear at a glance, one-click to clean up the space of the phone, save power use, and keep the phone in the best condition.
If you have to change, the old flagship is the first choice
Of course, the ultimate way to get a mobile phone that doesn't stutter is to get a new phone. If your mobile phone is still not good after trying the above hardware and software methods, or because it is too old, the manufacturer has stopped replacing the hardware, then it should be replaced.
If you still want to buy a mobile phone that can use the chain for three or four years, combined with the above experience, I think we should start from the following two aspects:
1. Select the flagship phone
Whether it is a new flagship or an old flagship, when the manufacturer plans the product, the flagship positioning mobile phone is often full of specifications in all aspects, which means that its screen, photography, performance, endurance and other aspects of the experience are at a high level. It can ensure a long-term experience that does not lag behind, and it is also better in some service support.
For example, Xiaomi, OPPO, OnePlus, Samsung and other manufacturers have promised to provide three years of system upgrades and four years of security update maintenance for their flagship mobile phones, which is also an insurance for the long-term use of mobile phones.
2. Memory starts at least 256GB
To be prepared for long-term use, the storage capacity must be bought to a larger one, at least 256GB to start with, 128GB can not see the problem in a short time, but the time is long, the same need to clean up frequently.
In summary, to meet the above two requirements, it is not necessary to spend four or five thousand yuan to buy the latest flagship mobile phone, the old flagship can also meet the demand, and the cost performance is higher, here is also recommended for everyone's reference.
One Plus 9
Reference price: 2799 yuan (12GB + 256GB)
After a round of large price cuts, the current OnePlus 9 can basically be said to be the most cost-effective of last year's bunch of Snapdragon 888 flagships. At present, the price of the 12GB+256GB top version has dropped to 2799 yuan, which is similar to the 128GB version at the beginning of the year.
In addition to the performance guarantee brought by the Snapdragon 888, as the standard version of the OnePlus 9, it is actually worse than this year's flagship mobile phone in terms of image system. Needless to say, the Hasselblad imaging system is the main camera level, especially the ultra-wide angle main camera, as well as the freeform lens blessing, which is a very rare advanced configuration this year. The excellent straight-screen look and light grip also make it ideal for long-term use.
vivo X60t Pro+
Reference price: 3499 yuan (12GB + 256GB)
Some people may say that the vivo X80 series is coming, why are you still recommending the X60 series of the first two generations?
In fact, the X60t Pro+ and X70 series are only 3 months apart, and as a super cup, the X60t Pro+ is also very close to the X70 Pro+ specifications in terms of image configuration. Thanks to the earlier release time, the post-tuning of its images is more mature, and it is not surprising that the shooting experience is compared with the X70 Pro+ with an additional V1 sensor.
In terms of price, the same 12GB + 256GB version, X60t Pro + will be cheaper than 2500 yuan, the core difference is only the difference between Snapdragon 888 + and Snapdragon 888, so it seems that vivo X60t Pro+ is more valuable.
Xiaomi Mi 11
Reference price: 3169 yuan (8GB + 256GB)
If you want to buy Android flagship mobile phones, the annual Xiaomi digital series has always been the most secure choice, if you want to maximize the cost performance, then choose the previous generation of Xiaomi digital flagship is it.
2K quad curved screen, 120Hz high brush screen, full blood LPDDR5, stereoscopic double Yang, Harman Caton audio these core features on the Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro, Xiaomi 11 are equipped, Snapdragon 888 plus optimized MIUI 13 system, is a guarantee of long-term smooth experience, 55W wired fast charge + 50W wireless fast charge also fully meet the needs of fast charge.
In terms of the most critical price, the current xiaomi 11 8GB + 256GB price is about 3000 yuan, if you want to go up to the higher 12GB version, you only need to add 300 yuan, no matter how you look, it is worth considering.
Write at the end
Back to the question at the beginning, how often should I change my phone to a new one? Obviously, there is no standard answer to this, and different people will make different choices according to their own economic situation and needs. But we must also pay attention to this reality: in the case of a generally prolonged user replacement cycle, from the system upgrade and maintenance of smart phones, to hardware maintenance, and then to the level of environmental protection, how to prolong the life of old mobile phones has become a complex systemic problem.
From this article, I believe that everyone can also see that in recent years, domestic mobile phone manufacturers have not only done better and better in follow-up system update support, but also made great progress in after-sales service in recent years, and these changes have extended the equipment use cycle in disguise.
In fact, this is also what manufacturers are willing to see, in the software gradually become the focus of the mobile phone industry revenue, to provide users with reasonable services within a sufficient use cycle, not only to meet the actual needs, but also to enhance user stickiness.
We all know that frequent upgrading of electronic products will lead to a lot of waste, waste electronic products pollute the environment, and prolonging the equipment cycle is also for environmental protection considerations. Under this trend, various policies and regulations will also promote manufacturers to take the initiative to provide more and better life extension services for old models, as long as the use of mobile phones is no problem, the anxiety of changing machines will no longer exist.