Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen top Android flagships come with increasingly long promises of software support. Coupled with better durability, some progress towards repairability, and a general slowdown in innovation, there’s less and less incentive these days to change your current working phone for a newer flagship. After all, if your older phone works just fine, why bother spending money on a new one that is barely different? It seems a good majority of you agree with this sentiment, according to a recent poll we conducted and the comments we received on it.
We asked you how old your current smartphone is, and for most of you, it is relatively old. We saw quite a close split amongst the poll options presented, but zooming out for the bigger picture, many of you are holding onto your phones for a tad bit longer.
