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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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[–] funkajunk@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I got the S24+, and my wife got the S25+, and I swear they are the exact same phone.

The changes we are seeing year over year are minute and iterative - gone are the days of anything "revolutionary" driving you to get the latest model every year.

I literally have a laptop in my pocket, and until we can make huge leaps in battery technology (i.e. good, fast, and cheap), I don't think we'll be seeing a need to update our phones for 2-5 years easy.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 18 points 2 days ago

The bitter truth about electronics:

A poorly drawn graph. The X axis says "time". The Y time says "good stuff". Within the graph, there are two lines: one is an exponential growth line saying "predictions", the other is a sigmoid saying "reality".

I think things are reaching a plateau for technical and economic reasons.

[–] jnod4@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They can always release updates to make the apps you use obsolete forcing hardware upgrade quoting security reasons

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

Not when you don't use Google Play services, they can't.