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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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[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Longest I made it was 7 years on a galaxy s9. Nowhere near the amount of damage you have, just a cracked back. Battery replaced every 2 years, but I made it last.

Upgraded to an S23 renewed from Amazon for $400 and hopefully will get another 5 years from it. Upgraded nowadays are just too expensive for any performance or features.

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

What I think's funny is it's still on its first battery. S20 FE, went through a skateboarding 'phase' and rarely used a case, so the poor thing has been beaten up pretty badly.

Did pick up a used S22 Ultra a couple months ago, but this was a mistake. It has significant issues staying connected to my mobile network and apparently this is a common problem. Gave up the ghost and just put my SIM back in the S20, the Ultra's just my Pocket Paint mini tablet at this point.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, I read bad things about the s22 as well, the CPU upgrade on the S23 was improved, so I went with that one. Decent price, Im happy with it.