People who buy new phones every time the latest model comes out, why?

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Just curious :)

People with disposable income like having nice things?

My dad is obsessed with having the latest iPhone. But he’s got a lot of disposable income so why not?
(also he gives me his cast offs for Christmas so I can’t complain at all)

No idea. I’ve got a phone that’s nearly 5 years old. When it dies, I’ll buy a new one outright, likely another iPhone. I don’t hold with credit and contracts and the constant upgrades. Fair enough if you can afford to buy new ones outright every year, but upgrading and trading in on the never-never isn’t for me!

The first reply has nailed it

Because they can.

I always did but stopped at the 11 pro max as it suits my needs perfectly. Probably next year I will upgrade but not sure if it will the very latest one.

Because I like to have the latest phone? It's no more complicated than that really

My ‘skint’ brother in law, his wife and 3 children get the new phones every time they come out. Suggesting it’s a waste of money is a waste of time. he would say they ‘need’ them.

@FeelingGuilty151

its an environmental disgrace.
these people are igorant

get a new phone when the one you have no longer works well enough

Some people are tech addicts.

I think most people are on a contract and are upgrading because they can for a small payment? I change mine every 2 years onto the latest Galaxy and skip a model. Not because I reallly want or need to - they are all very good - but because my phone provider let me do so for a small payment. I then recycle the 2 year old phone through an approved phone recycling company who repurpose them, for more than double what the upgrade payment is. So every time I do this I am actually making money as the monthy payments stay the same or similar (and they are paid for by my company expenses anyway). I have long made back the initial £99 the first phone cost me on contract.

There are probably wealthy people just blowing a grand every year because they can but a lot of people will aslo be doing what I am doing - getting a new phone every year or so (I choose 24m contracts but you could do it on 12m or 18m contracts as well) because it's actually economical and means that perfectly good phones go into the recycling pool for use in less well-off countries and you don't get stuck with ageing and declining tech.

And any old phone that gets put in the bin or take to the dump will get recycled anyway as they contain valuable metals and minerals which any recycling centre will strip out a a matter of course.

Cos the battery’s gone in the old one by about 18 months!

Because people decide what to spend their own money on.
I have a (cracked) Vodafone V10.
I rarely buy shoes.
I cut my own hair.
I spend all my disposable income on holidays.

As for "environmental disgrace" it's a bit pots and kettles when you post on holiday threads (unless you hike to get there) and new clothes threads...

Apple phones combust after 2-3 years

I would if I had the money. Why not?

Current apple phone is 6 years old and the battery drains as if a poltergeist is in the room.

cos people have the choice to how they spend their own money

I have the money but would never spend excessively on phones, cars, TVs etc. i try to buy smart. I replace the phone once the battery get to a point where I have to charge it multiple times a day to avoid the phone dying, my last two iphones lasted 5-6 years, and I have had my newest one just over a year. Once I get used to a model I don’t want to change it, and I don’t do any advanced stuff on it, just call, text, apps, email etc.

Mines lasted 10 years but I'm having to replace soon due to not being able to update so my apps are shutting down. It still works fine for texts/calls/what's app

I love these people - they report issues, get bugs fixed and write helpful blog posts so that when people like me are forced to finally upgrade there’s help and advice easily available.

I have a friend like this, she insists on having the latest phone despite struggling with money … Madness.

I use mine until it starts having software issues, and then I won’t buy the lastest model but it will be an upgrade from my last phone lol. I don’t get it, don’t all iPhones do pretty much the same things anyway 🤷🏼‍♀️