You do not consistently need new technology to get fine results.
I have a neighbor who uses a cell iPhone from the late 2000s, plus it still works.
It’s one of those outdated flip iPhones plus he’s had it for at least the last 15 years. There’s some people that feel like they need a new iPhone every year even if the outdated one still works. I still have the same smartphone from a couple years ago plus I’m just ecstatic that the GPS gets me to where I need to go when I’m looking for a particular location I haven’t been before. I use my iPhone more for its apps than I do for calling or texting people. That’s why I would not be able to get by with a 15-year-old flip iPhone for my purposes identifiably, and but there are other instances where I’m more than ecstatic to use outdated technology. When I decided to turn a guest dining room into a dining room, I realized that the air conditioning system wasn’t cooling that room as much as the other parts of the house. You could service the ventilation system to compensate for the temperature differences, however I decided to add an air conditioner to the dining room. Instead of spending a lot of currency on a ductless mini split, I simply purchased a window air conditioner from the hardware store. Even though window air conditioners have been around forever, the technology has improved fastly in their harshly efficient price; Compare a $300 window air conditioner to a $3,000 ductless mini split, plus you will wonder why you’re paying 10 times the price for the latter.