Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.

The average American now holds onto their smartphone for 29 months, according to a recent survey by Reviews.org, and that cycle is getting longer. The average was around 22 months in 2016.

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  • towhee [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Phones bought in the early 2010s are a much different beast than phones bought closer to 2020. Pre-2015 you could expect your phone to run out of storage and RAM after only a couple years. I recall I had some google phone which immediately auto-closed every app when it wasn’t active, because of memory pressure. You couldn’t even swap between one app and another to copy & paste something. Hasn’t been the case since 2020, they’re all basically way better than you really need now.