I was on the point of throwing away my iPhone 8, and replacing it with the closest equivalent model—the 2022 iPhone SE—because the old unit, purchased not quite four years ago, no longer charges reliably. I’ve hit its “Lightning” port repeatedly with contact cleaner and scraped it with tools, but it can no longer be counted upon to fire up: I connect it and, after a momentary signal that electricity is being received, the thing craps out. Not always, but one is pissed off to find the battery nearly dead after the unit has been left supposedly charging overnight.
As I was prepared to discard the thing, a little due diligence revealed that it can actually be refreshed by means of “induction” charging. I have acquired a unit at modest cost (a tiny fraction of what a replacement phone would have involved) that does the trick. Hurrah!
I don’t mind that the Model 8 has a mediocre camera. I don’t demand much of a portable phone, and this superannuated model has met, apart from the charging issues, all my requirements hitherto. And now, apparently, it and I can limp along for another couple of years.
cordially,
As I was prepared to discard the thing, a little due diligence revealed that it can actually be refreshed by means of “induction” charging. I have acquired a unit at modest cost (a tiny fraction of what a replacement phone would have involved) that does the trick. Hurrah!
I don’t mind that the Model 8 has a mediocre camera. I don’t demand much of a portable phone, and this superannuated model has met, apart from the charging issues, all my requirements hitherto. And now, apparently, it and I can limp along for another couple of years.
cordially,