A new survey reveals users are waiting longer to upgrade. Over 49% of readers now wait three years for a new smartphone.

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[–] 13 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Dont love that they lumped basically everything over 3 together. Its likely in large part because a lot of phone contracts have you paying off your phone in 3 years so that's when the carrier starts bombarding you with deals for trading in your phone.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Australia has a rule that phones have to have a warranty for at least as long as the contract period. So most of ours are paid off in 2 years, and that's when the carriers start advertising at you heavily

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