Weekly poll results: half of users have phones that are 1 or 2 years old
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- Anonymous
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- 05 Nov 2023
its depend of the needs
i still buy a new phone every year, but my 5 years old phone still work just perfect as it is (poco f1/2018), yeah its can't run such heavy game like genshin smoothly
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- RealLifePhones
- 0{W
- 05 Nov 2023
average age of current phone: 2,72 years
average age of previous phone: 3,13 years
expected time to upgrade phone: 3,47 years
(5+ years counted as 5y so real average probably higher)
even on an enthusiast site the average upgrade cycle is 3-3,5 years so imagine the global average..
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- Anonymous
- X5u
- 05 Nov 2023
The same people who complain about a phone not having long enough software support are the same people who change their phones every 2-3 years .. Logic
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- Roberthxx
- ni}
- 05 Nov 2023
Question was wrong. There was no option 0 to 1 year. So I vote 1 year, too.
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- rizki1
- 6cn
- 05 Nov 2023
I doubt the people here, looking at the top 10 trending phones, every flagship is always ranked number 1 when it comes out. For example Xiaomi 14, every mid range Galaxy, Redmi Note is always trending here. These phones nowdays are designed to last 4 years.
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- Dex
- n}k
- 05 Nov 2023
It's nice to add a question "Why you have retired your previous phone?". Because I'd happily use my old phone for more, but it was broken by update, and repair price was insufficiently big. I did not plan to upgrade this year.
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- Sinnaoi
- JyX
- 05 Nov 2023
Anonymous, 05 Nov 2023most people want to keep their phones for 5+ years...
but ... moreFor me, technical issues!
I was planing to keep my phone for 5+
It had minor technical issues for which I was surprisingly offered a free upgrade. So now I have a new phone, kept my old for less than a year but that was not my plan in the first place...
- Game Legion
- xjH
- 05 Nov 2023
Sunil Sunil, 05 Nov 2023With samsung's 4 OS Update, Xiaomi's promise to p... moreWith samsung's 4(3+4) OS Update, Xiaomi's promise to provide 4(4+5) OS update and Google's promised 7 OS update and after market custom ROM support.
Its better to keep using the same phone for 10+ years so that when you change your phone for every 10 years you will start observing huge upgrade differences between new phone and old phone
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- Sunil Sunil
- rAM
- 05 Nov 2023
With samsung's 4 OS Update, Xiaomi's promise to provide 4 OS update and Google's 7 OS update and after market custom ROM support.
Its better to keep using the same phone for 5+ years so that when you change your phone for every 5 years you will start observing huge upgrade differences between new phone and old phone
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- Anonymous
- NMv
- 05 Nov 2023
A big part of this is that phones have simply become "good enough"
Most people really just use their phones for Facebook/web browsing/GPS navigation/music/photos. None of those are very demanding, even mid-range phones these days are more than enough.
Photos are the one place where a typical user will notice a difference. But after the last few years with the camera wars, we've also started hitting the limits. Samsung, Apple, and Google barely upgraded their cameras, Xiaomi actually downgraded their sensor on the 14 pro.
Average users have no real reason to upgrade any time soon.
Even gamers are kind of stuck in a grey area between "way more powerful than an average mobile user" and "way too weak to compete with consoles and PCs". Might as well wait a few extra years until mobile gaming is actually powerful enough to play a "real" console game, or all you're doing is getting a few more fps in Genshin Impact...
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- Utm77
- LcV
- 05 Nov 2023
How do you like this title: Half of users have phones that are 3 or more years old
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- Anonymous
- nmP
- 05 Nov 2023
Anonymous, 05 Nov 2023most people want to keep their phones for 5+ years... but ... moremaybe some bought their phones used like good portion of iPhone users
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- Anonymous
- vaS
- 05 Nov 2023
Anonymous, 05 Nov 2023Phones are getting more expensive.Or they're getting better when it comes to longevity. But of course, that's bad for capitalism hehehe. So please keep buying the new one that will be used like the phone you had 5 years ago.
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- Anonymous
- kSm
- 05 Nov 2023
Phones are getting more expensive.
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- Anonymous
- I@H
- 05 Nov 2023
most people want to keep their phones for 5+ years...
but their previous experience says 3 years...
what made them upgrade? 🤔
my current personal phone served me more than 3 years, but it was released earlier (xz2 compact, bought it as a second hand in 2020)... and i am still good with it...
my work phone has to be updated though...
also bought in 2020, 1 ii...
unfortunately eos was last year, 2022...
my sister bought me a used iphone 11 pro...
just used it for work, but since it became a struggle to use it, i bought 1 v recently...
so, 11 pro did serve for a very short time - about 8 months...
- you have to suffer
- wrg
- 05 Nov 2023
they would plan on keeping phones for longer if they have decent specs and does not lag over time. low end phones are flooding the market. built to be thrown away in shorter period.