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Americans Hoarding Old Phones & Not Upgrading Is Hurting The Economy (CNBC)
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Date: November 30th, 2025 7:19 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., hehe
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/11/23/how-device-hoarding-by-americans-is-costing-economy.html |
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Date: November 30th, 2025 7:22 PM Author: United Negro Coffin Fund Is this a fucking joke? How fragile is our economy, that whether people buy new phones or not determines its success (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804510&forum_id=2#49472951) |
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Date: November 30th, 2025 7:24 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804510&forum_id=2#49472954) |
Date: November 30th, 2025 7:27 PM Author: bloomington (🦬) "The average American now holds onto their smartphone for 29 months,"
LMFAO that's still way too consoomeristic. I cannot fathom changing phones any more frequently than 3 years. I'm shooting for 5 years on my current phone. I'd probably go even longer if I were an iPhone user, Apple tends to provide security updates for longer than Android OEMs |
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Date: November 30th, 2025 7:42 PM Author: thankman (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804510&forum_id=2#49472983) |
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Date: November 30th, 2025 7:47 PM Author: ,.,....,..,.,.,,,,..,..,.,..,.,.,.,... It’s really pointless to upgrade frequently given the typical new features anymore. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804510&forum_id=2#49472990) |
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Date: November 30th, 2025 9:23 PM Author: michael doodikoff There are no new features. It’s just better camera and incremental processor upgrade. The IPhone 17 does the same shit as an IPhone 10 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804510&forum_id=2#49473191) |
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Date: November 30th, 2025 7:58 PM Author: grrr women grrrrrrrrrr It's insane
Im currently on my third smartphone. I try to keep them for 5+ years. |
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Date: November 30th, 2025 8:03 PM Author: thankman (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804510&forum_id=2#49473036) |
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Date: November 30th, 2025 9:28 PM Author: bloomington (🦬) The only excuse I can think of for the figure being that low is that it is inclusive of situations where people replace phones due to unforseen circumstances - phones that get lost, stolen, broken, malfunction
The figure still feels way too low, there have got to be an absurd number of people that gets new phones every 2 years just because they want to |
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Date: November 30th, 2025 7:32 PM Author: december to remember Article is insane. Internet was only 100mbps!! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804510&forum_id=2#49472969) |
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Date: November 30th, 2025 7:43 PM Author: thankman (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804510&forum_id=2#49472984) |
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Date: November 30th, 2025 7:54 PM Author: thankman hilarious article
'While squeezing as much life out of your device as possible may save money in the short run, especially amid widespread fears about the strength of the consumer and job market, it might cost the economy in the long run, especially when device hoarding occurs at the level of corporations."
Libs truly are sick what happened to "e-waste" and what's best for the environment?
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Date: November 30th, 2025 8:09 PM Author: lfo I am trying to imagine talking to a GE executive in 1980, "Sir, people are only holding their phones for 15 years," then getting laughed the fuck out of the building. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804510&forum_id=2#49473048) |
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Date: November 30th, 2025 9:19 PM Author: evan39 I can’t believe this is a real article. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804510&forum_id=2#49473184) |
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Date: November 30th, 2025 9:21 PM Author: Senior Ethics Official Guillotines (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804510&forum_id=2#49473186) |
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Date: November 30th, 2025 9:23 PM Author: \"''''"\\'"\'\"\'"\' (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804510&forum_id=2#49473193) |
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Date: November 30th, 2025 9:25 PM Author: Roblox Spend, goy! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804510&forum_id=2#49473195) |
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Date: November 30th, 2025 9:24 PM Author: (._.`) i trade my phone in every 3 weeks and also tip the phone sales guy 29% for his honest upsell, and also send a thnak you email to Apple with a check for $400 for the charity of their choise or whatever. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804510&forum_id=2#49473194) |
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Date: November 30th, 2025 9:36 PM Author: faggot planet (🧐) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804510&forum_id=2#49473219) |
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Date: November 30th, 2025 9:34 PM Author: coiffed sandwich Amish are ROFL at us (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804510&forum_id=2#49473217) |
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Date: November 30th, 2025 9:52 PM Author: bloomington (🦬) I've read up on the Bruderhof recently. They are sort of like communist Amish (commie Amis?).
They don't completely shun technology like the Amish. They don't really use it at home but they use it at work.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruderhof_Communities |
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Date: November 30th, 2025 10:12 PM Author: Covid was a Hoax im almost 40 and old enough to remember when you just plugged a 40 dollar phone into a jack and talked on that. some of the phones were cordless too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804510&forum_id=2#49473289) |