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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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[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

thats what mine did, pixel 5a screen just died from a small drop.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Phone manufactures - noted: Not enough to just lose battery life and performance. In new economy it really needs to be built to fail hard.