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This is great news. Reduce e-waste by using your phone until it gives up.
In my country, you don't get free upgrades anymore. You have to put them on a plan that adds a bunch to your phone bill every month. I know I haven't even considered replacing a perfectly good phone after that (which is probably what things should be like anyway, but still....)
Interesting to see even with 24% YoY decline for smartphones, Android shipments fell 38% vs 6% for iPhone. Apple has completely gotten the hardware and software integration right to create whole better than the sum of its parts.
Yeah, Apple might charge out the ass for mediocre hardware, but their UI/UX game is in another league compared to android.
But, that's the benefit of only having to support an extremely limited hardware configuration.
Unlike Apple, Android phones do not kill their battery life after 3 years. On the contrary, I swapped my S9's battery myself and have it a longer life as a secondary phone for traveling or backup. With the restored battery that old exynos chip is still good enough to run most apps to my satisfaction. Even my newer one is not a current gen model. For me, the only reason to upgrade anymore is security updates and most users don't even care about that. Okay, maybe the cameras still keep getting better but only marginally.
I bought my Galaxy S9 in 2018. I was afraid the curved screen would cause it to crack easier. NOPE this sucker has been a tank. I have it in a UAG case, and I have shattered the back (held together with tape behind the case haha). I've dropped the phone countless times, but it still won't die.
Yeah the battery life isn't great and the camera is junk by today's standard. But dang the phone just keeps rocking along - so I have no justification to buy a new one.
I really don't know what phone I'll buy next - probably not a samsung though lol
For me it’s always about the features and innovations of a new phone. The latest iPhone offers SOS mode via satellite and if it could be used for limited texting and whatnot when out of cell range I probably would have upgraded. As it stands, there is really zero compelling reason to upgrade unless my phone is at end of life. This is going to continue to be a trend until the next big features come out. What is the purpose of the upgrade? What new features sell it? My camera is good enough, the battery is doing fine, the phone looks the same as every other phone externally. Just like the PC, upgrade cycles will become longer as the hardware lasts longer. This is where these companies need to start relying on their creativity to come up with some new and compelling reasons to drive upgrades.