This... is the opposite of my experience. Friends with iPhones seem to upgrade them unreasonably often, but my (Samsung) Android phones last a loooong time. My first Samsung I retired somewhat involuntarily after 3 years so that I could get a model that would also work overseas, but the phone itself was still fine. My second Samsung (the one I got in 2016 for the overseas trip) I just retired last fall, 2024, and even then only because a job required MS Authenticator and it wouldn't let me download it to the phone. Battery life was still fine, everything I used worked fine.I fully expect to be using my current Android phone into the 2030s.
Twisell|5 months ago
This is the same for absolutely every manufactured goods. The same durable car model will be kept for over a decade by some people while some other opt for a leasing plan that guarantee a new car every two years. But the intrinsic quality of the car remain unaffected.
To ponder this you must consider what become of the phone they replace : did they trash it or did they have a second life with a less edgy owner?