Ah, yeh purani takleef: kya aapke drawer mein rakha purana gadget khushi deta hai, ya sirf jagah gherta hai? Hamare priya columnist, jo tech ke professional khazanche hain, ne pichhle weekend is existential crisis ka saamna kiya aur ek purani cheez nikali: 2011 ka iPhone 4.

Yeh chhota phone ek baar chamatkar tha - pehla jisne AT&T ki ekadhipatya chhoda, pehla jo aadhunik iPhone jaisa laga. Lekin ab, iski 3G-only connectivity (jise US ne 2022 mein khatam kar diya), ek sust A8 processor (hum udarata dikha rahe hain), aur ek bhari 8GB storage ke saath, yeh nostalgia se zyada zaroorat nahi hai.

Ek veer prayas ke baad jismein 30-pin dock cable (yaad hai woh?) shamil tha, hamare writer ne us cheez ko chalu kar diya. Battery ne 15 shandar minute tak charge rakha. Itna samay hai ki aap apne obsolete hone ka bojh mehsoos kar lein.

Phone iCloud se connect nahi ho saka (2010 ke authentication protocols to pichhle decade ki baat hain), Safari ne aadhunik websites render karne se inkar kar diya (unke purane HTML/CSS support ke liye bahut fancy), aur App Store to bilkul band. Asal mein, yeh ek sundar design wali eent hai.

Lekin daro mat, aap ise dedicated iPod ke roop mein, retro game player (agar aap jailbreaking mein hain), ya paperweight ke roop mein use kar sakte hain. Yeh recycling bin ke liye bhi behtareen ummidwar hai - bas ek factory reset karna yaad rakhein, jo, mazedaar baat hai, is purani cheez par anant kal tak chalta hai.

To, asal mein kya kuch kaam ka hai? 2013 ka iPhone 5s ab bhi iCloud se sync ho sakta hai aur iOS 12.5.7 chala sakta hai, lekin koi carrier ise touch nahi karega (koi VoLTE nahi). Iski resale value? Ek bhari $5 se $15. 2017 ke iPhone 8 aur X sweet spot hain: yeh iOS 16 chalate hain, iCloud se connect hote hain, aur zyada tar carriers ke saath kaam karte hain, eBay par $30 se $60 mein bikte hain.

Isse naya kuch bhi asal mein use karne layak hai, resale prices chadhte hain (lekin zyada nahi) jab tak aap current models tak nahi pahunchte, jahan eBay sellers ne clearly apna dimaag kho diya hai.

Ant mein, hamare writer iPhone 4 ko alvida kehte hain, use recycling center tak pahunchate hain. Kyunki kabhi kabhi, jaise ek purane editor ne kaha tha, "Aapko apne darlings ko dump karna padta hai." Aur isliye bhi ki yeh paperweight banne se sirf 15 minute ki battery door hai.

Kya aapke paas purana tech hai jise aap pakde hue hain? Humein batayein - hum sab is clutter mein saath hain.