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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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[โ€“] 0ops@piefed.zip 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Same, always. I've had good luck on eBay, but I've done swappa once or twice and they're not bad either

[โ€“] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Yeah, Swappa is pretty solid for tech stuff like this.

A bunch of people who upgrade every year put their phones on sites like this. So when you do need to upgrade, you don't have to spend nearly as much. Conversely, if you do upgrade regularly, this lets you get some of your money back, lessening the blow.