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I have never upgraded every year, I used to every two years, then three. Now Iโve had my iPhone 11 for almost four years, and Iโm planning to keep it for 5. It will probably still get new OS updates for another 1 year after that (total of 6).
There is no reason to update your phone every year.
My 4 year old iPhone XR is holding strong, so im gonna keep it a couple of years more!
The only time I ever "upgrade" is when I break a phone beyond reasonable repair. If batteries were easier / more cost effective to replace, I would keep this Pixel 4a a few more years. The battery is starting to lose capacity now, I'll have to check on the cost of battery replacement before too long.
Considering a Fairphone next time I do upgrade.
Batteries are cheap to replace.
I only upgrade my phone when it starts to lag and slow down. My last phone I replaced the battery when the life started dropping.
I have Android 7 and Jerboa {the official Lemmy app) requires Android 8 or higher. So people told me to upgrade but I wasn't having that. It turns out there is a fork with Android 6 and 7 support that might get merged into mainline, so my phone will be cool for a while longer. But the upgrade pressure is out there.
Android 7 is quite old though, isn't there any custom ROM development for your phone? I know there are downsides but it's usually been fine for me
To keep our corporate overlords in their elegant fineries. DUH-HOY
A free phone from your carrier is never actually free. You will be paying for it over the next 6 months to 2 years.
Since there's virtually no difference between 12mp camera and 100mp camera on phone.
There is. Those huge photos waist a lot of storage space (with virtually no difference in quality) so you want to buy a new phone with bigger storage.