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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by pjmlp on Thursday October 13, 2022 @01:51AM (#33187711)
Most people in Europe only replace their phones when they die, get stolen, or lost.

Other than a few lucky ones, we aren't big fans of contracts, replacing phones every two years, we enjoy our pre-paid variants, and only replacing them when it actually is required.

Even when we use it for more than just SMS and calls.

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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by ricardobayes on Thursday October 13, 2022 @03:45AM (#33188348)
Still happily using a Nokia which outlasted several iPhones (all of them had terrible microphones in my experience).
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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by lxgr on Thursday October 13, 2022 @09:26AM (#33190645)
Is this based on your personal observations or can you back that up with any meaningful statistic?

I know both people that get the latest iPhone every year, and people still on a Nokia 3310(-equivalent), but the latter are in the vast minority in my circle of friends, also in Europe.

Personally, I've been upgrading every 2-3 years (not on a contract), and the phone was never broken.

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