We’re probably an exception here, if only because our smartphones are 5.5 years old (and were 3+ years removed from initial release when we purchased them as new old-stock). We’re looking to drop AT&T, mainly due to text messages being lost (sent and received), so new phones and a new service it is.
The two-year tech upgrade cycle has become a five-year cycle - and that's going to inflict major damage on tech stock prices.
There is no need to scan Facebook any faster...................
I’m getting a new phone next month.
Probably Pixel 7.
A flagship phone at less than the flagship price.
Technology gadgets have hit the saturation point. By now everybody that wants (and can afford) a cell phone has one. There a relatively few who always want the latest and greatest but for most if the cell phones basic features work they will keep it.
Lol, I’m a “techie” who is typing this on my nearly ten-year-old laptop with my nearly seven-year-old iPhone close by.
My other laptop is fourteen years old. It’s slow and required some repairs along the way but it’s still useable.
Sure, I’m reading this from an Early 2015 Macbook Pro. It’s a bit slow for some video tasks, but not full replacement cost slow.
I upgraded from a Pixel 3a to a Pixel 6a last year only because Google were offering $300 for the 3a trade in and throwing in pixel ear buds and I suspected that I wouldn’t get such a good deal for a long time.
Usually hold on to phones until something mechanical is not working (usually a button)
Still use my 2010 MacBook.
FOR BIDENS SAKE!!! SPEND MONEY!!!
We get a new computer every 3 years at work and it is a PITA to set them up. People routinely refuse them so I end up with a new one every year. This Macbook I am using is 7 years old. Two more Dell laptops here and one desktop at work. I’ll set up the new desktop at work this year and promptly retire. Go figure.
Uh, it’s less about saving money than it is that each and every piece of new hardware comes with malware, and data tracking within the firmware.
My dentist said it.
He held up his phone and said. I DON’T WANT TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER LEARNING CURVE.
Me neither.
My dentist said it.
He held up his phone and said. I DON’T WANT TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER LEARNING CURVE.
Me neither.
Wife and I are still on our iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus...but new 14’s are on order from T-Mobile (leaving ATT...too pricey w/o the “bennies” T-Mobile offers).
No more Windoze for me. Switched entertainment PC to Ubuntu after Intel merged with IBM over ‘supported’ CPUs. Windoze had removed Win7 off my machine without permission and over-installed Win8 after wiping personal data off the Win7 drive.
Still have Win7 laptop for office.