Does the electronic filling, for example, of a smartphone deteriorate over time?

Question

Electronics

I'm interested in the question: are there any objective reasons for a smartphone / communicator to work worse over time, except for software “clogging” and battery wear?
If you format and reflash the device, will it be as fast, responsive and stable as when you bought it? Or can the electronics itself degrade over time and cause malfunctions?
I want to find out if, apart from megapixels and megahertz, there are objective prerequisites for buying a new device.
Conceived, it seems to me, the increased battery capacity is leveled by increased consumption of the processor and screen, and the increased processor power is leveled by the increased display resolution.

Answer 1

For example, recently there was an article on the topic of server memory and its wear: habrahabr.ru/post/171407/
As can be seen from the conclusions, even components that do not have moving parts degrade over time. But, as I understand it, this is rather an indicator of failures and errors, but not of degradation in terms of speed.

Answer 2

> If you format and reflash the device, will it be as fast, responsive and stable as when you bought it? Or can the electronics itself degrade over time and cause malfunctions?
Flash memory has a very limited write limit. When it is close to exhaustion / runs out, you will get a non-working device.
In fact, a phone/laptop/smartphone will die due to things not related to their work – you sometimes drop your smartphone, take it to the bathroom, open and close your laptop, carry it in your backpack/bag.

Answer 3

If the old smartphone works, it works just like a new one, provided that there are no bads on the internal memory, for example.
However, any electronics has a certain time between failures, when, for example, a thermal breakdown of some diode or transistor occurs, and it will not work. In most cases, this will lead to the failure of this smartphone. And as a rule, such breakdowns are irreversible.
The objective prerequisites for buying a new device are a better camera, a high-definition screen, a more powerful processor along with a more powerful battery. Faster GPS module and availability of high-speed internet. Up to certain limits, the purchase of new technology will expand the boundaries of possibilities.
I take my current JaYui G3 phone with me on business trips instead of a tablet / navigator - the screen and the battery are more than enough. I wouldn’t change the previous Nokia C5, but the operating system was outdated there, and it was inconvenient to climb on the Internet.

Answer 4

In my opinion, electrochemical elements can fail in a smartphone first of all - a battery, electrolytic capacitors, as well as matrix liquid crystals (here, on my old one, for example, several embossed bands suddenly appeared). Cables and connectors can also oxidize and become unusable. I didn’t encounter semiconductors failing or starting to “slow down”.
In general, it makes sense to upgrade a smartphone, except that while it still costs some money. Or if the new one has some very desirable technology (LTE for example). And so, if he is completely satisfied, then let him serve, why change him?

Answer 5

As already mentioned above - oxides. Sometimes condensation forms inside the phone, which entails oxides. The oxides are conductive and can thus increase the power consumption of the phone.
Don't forget about mechanical wear. They put the phone in a narrow pocket of jeans, sat down - they deformed the case, possibly along with the board. Everything will not break right away, but microcracks may well form.
Modern technology is quite reliable, you do not need to immediately wrap the phone in a plastic bag and buy a cast-iron case. You just need to know that not all phone glitches can be caused by the software part.

Answer 6

Conceived, it seems to me, the increased battery capacity is leveled by increased consumption of the processor and screen, and the increased processor power is leveled by the increased display resolution.

Here in this video they are interviewing some bump from Qualcomm
. He says that processors are becoming more economical and work time should increase. But new chips and technologies are constantly being invented that devour the previously saved gains. As a result, they have a strategy - to shove as much as possible and to work MAXIMUM 1 day =) The general increase in the life of the device is not a priority

Answer 7

Replace your device when your old device no longer meets your needs. I changed my Glofish to a Samsung Galaxy S3 because it became terribly inconvenient to fiddle with the stylus, and the styluses themselves were constantly lost, and it became more and more difficult to find a suitable stylus on sale. Although the old smart itself worked as before, and it is not yet known how long it would have worked. In general, the main idea is this - most likely your device will “morally” become obsolete faster than the electronics will wear out.

Answer 8

Yes, everything wears out. Even if you don’t give a damn about fashion and new technologies, your smartphone will have to be changed. Electronics is also not eternal and also aging.

Answer 9

Nimbleness and responsiveness have absolutely nothing to do with wear. Failures, for example, of RAM lead to freezes, program crashes, and reboots.