How often do you buy a new phone? (lemmy.zip)

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How long do you keep your phone before buying a new one? It is based on this article that especially Apple fanboys, buy a new phone every year when the new one comes out.

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[-] eah@programming.dev 8 points 1 day ago

I think I have you all beat. I'm still rocking an iPhone 6S Plus released in 2015. The latest update was for iOS 15.8.8 on May 11, 2026.

[-] unidentifiedfelineobject@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

genuinely impressive given how lots of apps (and increasingly more of them, but afaik messaging apps generally still fall behind?) seem to require iOS 16 or later nowadays

[-] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

I had the non-plus. The battery went poof on me and cracked the phone wide open.

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