> 'might replace my aging phone with a newer unit, '
unless you just want to argue about the semantics and differences between 'aging', 'newer' , and 'new'.
HN really has turned into reddit.
Semantics is literally the meaning of things. So, yes the difference between those phrases is semantics.
But your use of 'semantics' meant something subtly different. Ain't language weird?
> 'might replace my aging phone with a newer unit, '
unless you just want to argue about the semantics and differences between 'aging', 'newer' , and 'new'.