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Average U.S. Smartphone Upgrade Cycle Now 33 Months( Apple and Samsung users tend upgrade more frequently )
- Thread starter Slayven
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That's likely a misbehaving app and the the phone. No reason a S7 shouldn't be perfectly usable.
Would have stayed with my OP5T until the end of the upgrade cycle (maybe longer) if I didn't keep on breaking the screen to a point where it was cheaper just to buy a budget phone. Its still very fast and has a headphone jack, what's not to like.
Kind of crazy that it's still less than three years. I did three years back in 2014, and four years to my current model, and going at least five probably this go-round.
You may want to consider a factory reset or something. Snapdragon 820 is like 70% as fast at most relevant stuff as the s10.
Your battery is probably at 65% durability I imagine.
in the "good old days" (a few years ago) Verizon would give you a $200-$300 credit to upgrade every 24 months or so, as a sweetener when your contract was up for renewal. When you combined the contract renewal credit with ridiculous Black Friday sales, you could get a newer model phone (something that had been released in the past 1-2 years) for almost nothing - I bought a Samsung Galaxy S5 from Amazon for $1 total on Black Friday 5 years ago.
Now that phones are pricier and Verizon and other carriers got rid of contracts (and thus contract renewal discounts), shifting instead to monthly payment plans and phone leases, there's no significant incentive to upgrade every 24 months - now it makes more financial sense to use your phone as long as it can hold out until you can find a great sale or promotion for an upgrade.
I've been on a Galaxy S7 for almost 3 years now, and it still works fine for almost everything I use it for (except Google Maps, which has become ridiculously bloated). I'll probably hold out for a couple more months before shopping around for an upgrade.
Now that phones are pricier and Verizon and other carriers got rid of contracts (and thus contract renewal discounts), shifting instead to monthly payment plans and phone leases, there's no significant incentive to upgrade every 24 months - now it makes more financial sense to use your phone as long as it can hold out until you can find a great sale or promotion for an upgrade.
I've been on a Galaxy S7 for almost 3 years now, and it still works fine for almost everything I use it for (except Google Maps, which has become ridiculously bloated). I'll probably hold out for a couple more months before shopping around for an upgrade.
I'm on a 2-3 year cycle. By the third year my phone is acting a bit slow. I wouldn't mind hopping on a 1 year cycle and reselling my phone.
Yearly Note update for me, but I'm also on that galaxy for life plan. And I actually like upgrading yearly.
Getting the Note 10+ soon.
Getting the Note 10+ soon.
I'm going to end up keeping my 6s for 5 years. It's still plenty fast for my needs, only maintenance I've done to it is a couple battery replacements. So there really isn't much incentive for me to upgrade, especially when Apple wants to charge me $1400 CAD for an iPhone Xs off their website.
My note 3 died 4 years ago, I really wanted the Note 7. Note 7's caught on fire, went the the LG v20 instead. That phone has felt really old for the past 2 years. After my next couple commissions I'll buy the Note 10+ and ride that for 4 years. I want to switch to Apple, but I'm not ready to switch everything to Apple, I know I need to move all of my work devices all at once, I'm not willing to give up being able to hand texting through my laptop/desktop on android until I can buy a mac book and an iPhone.
Upgraded from a Iphone 4c to a new SE 2.5 years ago. Very happy with the SE and see no need to upgrade yet until either the phone is on its way out or it gets left behind in the new firmware.
Yeah I used to upgrade like every 9 months but everything feels stagnant right now. The only reason I moved from a Note 8 to S10 was because I destroyed the Note's screen on accident.
I wanted to try a iPhone this year but they take too long to change the designs of their phones. I expected them to be done with the nasty notch by now
I wanted to try a iPhone this year but they take too long to change the designs of their phones. I expected them to be done with the nasty notch by now
Got an iPhone X (bought at launch) and I strongly suspect it's going to have a three-year lifespan unless something very exciting happens this fall.
Pretty much all of the flagships have had those features for the last 2 years. Same with bigger "edge-to-edge" screens.
Now it's all about more expansive camera options (2-3 cameras with zoom and wide angle options), faster wireless charging and reverse wireless charging for your other wireless gadgets (or friends phones). Stabilized 4k@60 video. And then gimmicks out the wazoo.
So besides the things you mentioned, mostly just better camera, better screen, and gimmicks. The usual. Of course after they cram all these cameras and push the screen to the edges, there's not much left for them to improve upon beyond battery life, but that is rarely sexy enough to be a headline feature.
I'm at about 28 months, and my Pixel XL is definitely feeling long in the tooth. I'll probably get a new phone this fall during a Black Friday sale assuming my phone keeps chugging along til then.
Honestly not features. Phones straight up suck 2+ years in, from dying batteries to just sluggishness. Planned obsolescence, and we're all falling for it.
The only reason I'm looking to upgrade my 8 plus is that I cracked the back glass over a year ago and I question its waterproofness now. I also think it's causing occasional issues with cellular.
I'm in Japan where we're totally getting scammed...
Unlimited voice, 20 Gb of data and an iPhone 8 Plus 64 Gb got me on a 10 000 yens monthly fee with a two-years leash.
Best part? It actually includes a two-year long rebate that's exactly the price of the phone's monthly fee: once I finish paying for the phone the monthly free won't go down! It stays the same whether you change for a brand new phone or get a new one - you might even get some kind a rebate if you get a new one.
The system here is totally rigged into making you get a new phone every 24 months.
I'd buy my next phone upfront with a low-cost carrier (which are quite a bit better price-wise), but none of them offer unlimited voice, which I need for work.
Unlimited voice, 20 Gb of data and an iPhone 8 Plus 64 Gb got me on a 10 000 yens monthly fee with a two-years leash.
Best part? It actually includes a two-year long rebate that's exactly the price of the phone's monthly fee: once I finish paying for the phone the monthly free won't go down! It stays the same whether you change for a brand new phone or get a new one - you might even get some kind a rebate if you get a new one.
The system here is totally rigged into making you get a new phone every 24 months.
I'd buy my next phone upfront with a low-cost carrier (which are quite a bit better price-wise), but none of them offer unlimited voice, which I need for work.
Are there any plans that don't include a phone that are lower? Like what if you want to just buy a phone outright and get it on a plan?
