[MiddleEndian]

Nah the manufacturer isn't pushing anything, this phone hasn't been updated by the manufacturer in many years. It's the apps that are slowing down. I have replaced the Palm Phone with newer Palm Phones after breaking a couple, the battery life isn't any better.

For me, the tradeoff is still worth it for now because it has the best form factor. But at some point within the next decade, it will become impossible.

[joshspankit]

> Nah the manufacturer isn't pushing anything, this phone hasn't been updated by the manufacturer in many years.

That’s what I was thinking, and my instinct says you could just keep using it for another decade.

> It’s the apps that are slowing down.

That doesn’t make sense to me unless it’s one of the reasons I mentioned above: their internal DB getting too large (solution: wipe data), or the app company pushing updates.

But I can tell you know what you’re doing so I’m not going to try to convince you you’re wrong.

[MiddleEndian]

>the app company pushing updates.

It's not one specific app. I need to use up-to-date versions of apps to connect to various services, and I need to visit modern versions of websites because those are the only websites that are available. They are increasingly resource intensive but my phone will not get any faster. Therefore at some point, this phone will become unusable. Probably within five years.