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Survey reveals most people are holding onto their phones for a long time, and it makes sense (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 9 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/economics@lemmy.world

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Nearly half of our readers now wait three years or more to replace their phones as spec upgrades have plateaued.

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[-] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago

iPhone 12 mini here. I don't know when or what my next phone will be, but I want to get as far away from Apple and Google as possible. I seriously considered just going back to a landline, but I discovered Century Link no longer offers POTS, it's only VOIP now, which surprised me.

[-] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 25 points 9 months ago

There are dozens of us

[-] Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 9 months ago

I need to know more about this

[-] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

It was briefly available as a kit but there were issues bringing it to production. Justine did her best and got the kits out to people that waited. It’s all available a open source though so the hardware, boards and firmware are available to be improved upon.

Rotart Unsmart Phone

[-] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah, unfortunately lots of states are dumping their “carrier of last resort” regulations, and companies in those that haven’t are doing everything they can to kill them.

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 9 months ago

I signed up for the Jolla phone. It's an eu based company that moves away from Android.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/15/jolla_sailfish_5_hands_on/

[-] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Same phone here. I just want a small phone man. I don't want to carry around half a tablet every day

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