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Survey reveals most people are holding onto their phones for a long time, and it makes sense
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this post was submitted on 24 Dec 2025
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I have a Galaxy Note 20 Ultra from 2020. Phenomenal device. The folding phones intrigued me, though, so I looked into it.
The specs are meaninglessly better, anything you get today is bundled with AI bloatware, I'd lose my stylus and any choice, even the Chinese ones (which are tricky to get and use in the US grrr) cost at least $1,700 for the privilege.
No thanks. I cracked the screen on this device and paid $250 to get pretty much the entire phone besides the main board replaced (another bitter grr, I used to swap digitizers off smart phones myself for $20) so I don't see any reason to swap for another few years.
In this economy? It just doesn't make sense.
I have an FE 20 model, same gen. It was a high/midrange model that took their flagship and basically sized down and removed a couple gifs of ram. It has never let me down, and even years later, I still don't need anything better. I will keep using it until security updates stop.
my dad is using that, the screen is hella wrecked. i got an mint OPR12 from pixel5a which the screen died.