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

submitted 4 days ago by stumu415@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I currently have a refurbished Pixel 8 (chosen because it's the oldest phone recommended by GrapheneOS). I got it less than a year ago when my previous phone (a refurbished Pixel 7) started having screen problems. I got that one a few years before, when my refurbished Pixel 6 fell out of my pocket in a parking lot and got driven over by a car.

If it weren't for breakages and Graphene system requirements (for security features, not performance), I'd probably still be using the Pixel 6, if not some phone I had even before that. It's been at least half a decade or so since the last time I felt like upgrading because my phone wasn't good enough.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Rocking a pixel 7 still and my boys both have pixel 6. Great phones.

[–] Emily@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 days ago

I loved my Pixel 6. It stopped working earlier this year and I bought a refurbished 8 pro, which is also great, but I would have used my 6 forever.

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I only upgraded my 6a to a 9a because there was that battery fiasco and Google effectively paid for a new phone. It's funny because the 9a feels like the exact same phone, particularly on GrapheneOS.