The average American now holds onto their smartphone for 29 months, according to a recent survey by Reviews.org, and that cycle is getting longer. The average was around 22 months in 2016.
The average American now holds onto their smartphone for 29 months, according to a recent survey by Reviews.org, and that cycle is getting longer. The average was around 22 months in 2016.
I can’t believe there are people who update phones that often. My current one is closing on being six years old and it works fine. I don’t know anyone who gets a phone this often apart from kids and teens who need a new one when they break.
I’ve had 3-4 smartphones total and have used each to their end of life. It might be the tism, but I hate changing my phone. All the setups, all the work of moving stuff to a new device sucks so much. Like why would anyone do this?
Phones bought in the early 2010s are a much different beast than phones bought closer to 2020. Pre-2015 you could expect your phone to run out of storage and RAM after only a couple years. I recall I had some google phone which immediately auto-closed every app when it wasn’t active, because of memory pressure. You couldn’t even swap between one app and another to copy & paste something. Hasn’t been the case since 2020, they’re all basically way better than you really need now.
Yea same, I don’t understand people who “need” a new phone every year. I’ve used every phone I’ve owned for at 4-5 years, the only reason I’ve replaced them that often is because I’m clumsy and drop them. My current phone is a cheap OnePlus I bought in 2021 and it still works great. I don’t have a reason to replace it anytime soon but when I do I’m going to look at a non-smart phone replacement.
Fuck payment plans for phones. The only debt I have is student debt and I’m hoping to keep it that way