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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  • PKMKII [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    14 days ago

    The source article didn’t have this level of breakdown, but my suspicion is there’s a U-shaped data distribution here. There’s the conspicuous consumption crowd replacing their smartphone every year, then there’s most everyone else using theirs until it stops functioning properly, and thus there’s probably a large divergence between the mean and the median.