Good one Tim, Shudder to think 🤔 indeed! I gave my 1987 Mac plus away but I still have a Message pad i30, an iMac Stalky another 16 year old IMac and a couple of now unusable iPhones, as museum pieces. I guess it’s always a difficult to choose when things break down. I found replacing batteries didn’t add a lot to an iPhone’s life. Better to buy a new model. Cheers Marcus Marcus Harris Mobile +61417965618
> On 12 Mar 2026, at 1:00 pm, Tim Law via WAMUG <[email protected]> > wrote: > > All > > I’ve got an iPhone SE3 and after two years the battery capacity is dropping > to the point it annoys me. > > My wife has an earlier iPhone SE with worse battery condition but more > tolerance. > > In the cupboard we’ve got functional earlier model iPhones. > > The cheapest option is to replace the batteries. They still run iOS 26. > Alternatively there is the 17e which although bigger and $999 is the next > version of ‘cheaper’ iPhones and has usb3 connectors and bigger and better > everything. > > We could trade one in and get a small return, give the others back for > crushing > > What uses do people put them too? A music and podcast player?, a photo > frame? Security camera monitor? > > I shudder to think how much I’ve spent on Apple products over the years since > the Mac Plus in 1988 for $3000 > > Regards > > > Tim Law > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - <https://lists.wamug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <https://lists.wamug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/wamug>
