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Only 1 in 3 Euro consumers are trading in their old phones
(www.theregister.com)
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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?
I don’t think so. Most people I know keep their phones from 3 to 5 years, sometimes more.
40 months is in no way long. All my devices last well beyond 5 years. Then I repurpose them if they've incompatible with accompany services like the internet or something.
I had my last phone for 5 years, current phone is on its 4th year and I have no plans to change that
40 months is unusually short!
Mine is nearing a decade of age!
I just replaced a Note 9 a couple months ago. Before that was a Note 3. I despise setting up new phones.
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.
The not easily replaceable battery shortened that time for a lot of users.
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.
My last phone broke after about 1.5 years of me using it (and it was already a refurbished device), and my current relatively new-to-me phone only has 2 years of security updates left (also refurbished). I'm probably going to use it for longer than that if it doesn't break, but that would definitely be a good time to get a new phone if money was no object and I didn't give a shit about the environment.