ive only upgraded from my 2014 shit phone in 2021, and i plan to do the same with this one for as long as i can
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Meanwhile, here I am with a Galaxy S8 from 2017, doing just fine. Only bad thing is some stuff burned into the screen from overuse of some apps in the past coughs reddit coughs.
I had an S8 for my secondary device and had to move to an S10e for something similar.
My main device is an iPhone 12, which won’t get replaced until Apple come up with a USB-C phone. I used to upgrade every 2 years because there were significant changes to each phone. iPhone 3GS, 4S, 5S, 6S, 8, and 12; that said, if we hadn’t decided to try to get my grandmother on a better device, I’d probably still be rocking the iPhone 8. I kind of miss having a dedicated Home button…
As everyone says, not surprising, and also it's been predicted for years that the upgrade cycle for phones would become similar to that for laptops as the market matured.
i used to buy a new one every 2 years or so,but after switching to pixel 6 and graphene os, I think I will replace it once it's no longer supported.
Hey, exact same boat that I'm in, except with a pixel 6a running GrapheneOS
You'll have to prise my 4a 5G out of my cold dead hands...
my XR is still going strong. unless the quality starts decreasing dramatically, I see no reason to upgrade just yet
I bought a second hand pixel 6a a couple weeks ago, my previous phone was the OnePlus 3, lasted me 5 years and at the time of purchase it was already a two years old second hand, bought them for basically the same price, 200€.