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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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[–] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

My previous phone I had for almost a decade I think, it was an s5 galaxy I think. I used it until it refused to turn on.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

The previous three phones I replaced were because:

Fell off a shelf and shattered to the point of unusability
Stopped turning on
I wanted to try Graphene, but wanted a fall back if I broke something (after becoming confident Graphene would meet almost all my needs, I ended up sending the backup phone to a friend, so it didn't go to waste)

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

I had a s5 for nearly that long. It stopped charging and a replacement charging port didn't work. bought a s10+ 1tb dirt cheap and its been nearly three years.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Omg I miss my s5 so much