MicroWave@lemmy.world to Economics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoSurvey reveals most people are holding onto their phones for a long time, and it makes sensewww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1180arrow-down1external-linkSurvey reveals most people are holding onto their phones for a long time, and it makes sensewww.androidauthority.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to Economics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square67fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
Nearly half of our readers now wait three years or more to replace their phones as spec upgrades have plateaued.
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-23 days agoOnly reason to get a new phone these days is if your current phone dies. Currently have an iPhone13, and it just keeps trucking. And when I do replace it, it will be a phone a couple generations old.
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoPhone manufactures - noted: Not enough to just lose battery life and performance. In new economy it really needs to be built to fail hard.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agothats what mine did, pixel 5a screen just died from a small drop.
Only reason to get a new phone these days is if your current phone dies. Currently have an iPhone13, and it just keeps trucking. And when I do replace it, it will be a phone a couple generations old.
Phone manufactures - noted: Not enough to just lose battery life and performance. In new economy it really needs to be built to fail hard.
thats what mine did, pixel 5a screen just died from a small drop.