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Re:Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch by iSnow on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @08:03AM (#28851081)
Cars are not something anyone would buy every year. Even those buying every other year are few.

Not that I like the amount of resources we are wasting that way, but a whole lot of people buy a new version smartphone every year.

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Re:Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch by bin_bash on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @08:29AM (#28851282)
Do they? Anecdotally I can only think of a tiny handful of people I've known that buy the latest model every year. Most people I know used to buy every 2 years when smartphones first came out but now it seems like most people I know buy a new phone probably average 3 years or longer.
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Re:Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch by bigbizisverywyz on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @08:18AM (#28851214)
I have to say this really surprises me, smartphones now are so good that you could easily keep one for 2 years or more and not notice the difference.

My personal cycle is about 4 years, and I do my best to take care of the battery so that I don't even have to replace that during that time.

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Re:Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch by marcellus23 on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @11:23AM (#28853337)
> Even those buying every other year are few.

I think this is true but for the opposite reason you do. The number is few because most people upgrade _less_ often, not more.

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