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Survey reveals most people are holding onto their phones for a long time, and it makes sense (www.androidauthority.com)

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Nearly half of our readers now wait three years or more to replace their phones as spec upgrades have plateaued.

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[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yes, the cameras are marginally better and the CPUs faster, but that's about it. I don't need, and certainly don't want, AI features, which is often the rationale for a new phone now. A user-replaceable battery would be nice, though.

[–] claimsou@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Some older phones will not allow you to get the latest OS. So you get stuck with an older one that no longer get security patches. This leaves you vulnerable to hacking. That’s why I eventually get a new one. This takes many years obviously.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 0 points 2 days ago

FYI: Speech recognition is an AI feature and it gets (marginally) better with the newer chips. For example, in noisy environments.

That's probably the most-used AI thing that nearly everyone uses on occasion. Older phones had to send your speech to the cloud but with the new chips all that processing can be handled locally.