GotNoRice
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I'm just curious how long people on here keep their phones (as their active, main phone). What made me curious was reading an article that was linked on Slashdot:
https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/23/us-phone-upgrade-strategy-analytics/
Apparently the average time a phone remains active is between 16.5-18 months depending on brand. That actually seems pretty low to me IMO. I kept my previous phone (Samsung Note 2) from 2012-2017; over 5 years. My current phone (Samsung S8+) is already over 2 years old but nothing about it makes it feel like I'm using an "old" phone. If anything it still seems quite new. Maybe with my S8+ it is at least partially due to the fact that the newer S9+ is a nearly identical phone so it's not like it's some super old design. Still, kinda crazy to think that the phone is already "older" than average, despite how new it still seems.
I know many that still have and use old phones like the Samsung S3 or even older. In the case of my Note 2 that I used for 5 years, it was certainly showing it's age toward the end, mainly not being able to upgrade past Android 4.4.2, but I might have used it even longer had it not stopped working all of a sudden.
https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/23/us-phone-upgrade-strategy-analytics/
Apparently the average time a phone remains active is between 16.5-18 months depending on brand. That actually seems pretty low to me IMO. I kept my previous phone (Samsung Note 2) from 2012-2017; over 5 years. My current phone (Samsung S8+) is already over 2 years old but nothing about it makes it feel like I'm using an "old" phone. If anything it still seems quite new. Maybe with my S8+ it is at least partially due to the fact that the newer S9+ is a nearly identical phone so it's not like it's some super old design. Still, kinda crazy to think that the phone is already "older" than average, despite how new it still seems.
I know many that still have and use old phones like the Samsung S3 or even older. In the case of my Note 2 that I used for 5 years, it was certainly showing it's age toward the end, mainly not being able to upgrade past Android 4.4.2, but I might have used it even longer had it not stopped working all of a sudden.