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

submitted 2 days ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/economics@lemmy.world

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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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[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My Galaxy S22+ is over 3 years old and I expect to get at least two more years out of it. I can afford to get a new smartphone every year if I want but there's no longer any compelling reason to do so.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago

You have to keep it for two more years! Because even Samsung can't get Samsung to sell Samsung DRAM for new phones!

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2998935/ram-is-so-expensive-samsung-wont-even-sell-it-to-samsung.html