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Only 1 in 3 Euro consumers are trading in their old phones (www.theregister.com)
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[–] 6 points 1 year ago* (9 children)

I don't know if it's the same in Europe, but here in Canada, I've only seen the option to trade in old phones when you're buying one of the fancier phones with a bunch of bells and whistles I don't need. There no way they would give me enough for this phone to make up for the price difference.

Also, 40 months is an unusually long time to be holding on to the same phone? What?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    40 months is just 3y 4mo. Do people get new phones every two years or something? I usually just get a new one when my old one's not working for me anymore.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Yeah, some people get a new phone every year or so. I know a guy who trades in his "old" phone for a brand new model every few months. He doesn't really trade though,he just resells. It only costs him like 200 or 300 euro, if you factor in the resell. For him that's worth it, aparantly.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Until a few years ago, it was common for Android devices to stop receiving features after about 1 year and then stop receiving security updates after 2 years. Unless you're getting security updates another way, which may not work correctly and may even require you to build Android yourself, you should not use the device for anything important after that point. The batteries would be next to useless by that time. Now it seems more common to get three years, which isn't great either. iPhones last longer, but they come with all the iPhone problems.

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