This survey reports how often U.S. adult smartphone owners get a new or upgraded smartphone, segmented by type of smartphone user. In 2015, 76 percent of respondents who did not use iPhone or Android phones reported that they get a new or upgraded smartphone only when their phone stopped working or became totally obsolete.
About how often would you say you get a new or upgraded smartphone?
Characteristic
When a new model is released, usually about every year
As soon as your cellphone provider allows it, usually every two years
Only when it stops working or becomes totally obsolete
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Gallup. (July 8, 2015). About how often would you say you get a new or upgraded smartphone? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 16, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/478823/smartphone-type-upgrade-frequency-us/
Gallup. "About how often would you say you get a new or upgraded smartphone?." Chart. July 8, 2015. Statista. Accessed July 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/478823/smartphone-type-upgrade-frequency-us/
Gallup. (2015). About how often would you say you get a new or upgraded smartphone?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/478823/smartphone-type-upgrade-frequency-us/
Gallup. "About How Often Would You Say You Get a New or Upgraded Smartphone?." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Jul 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/478823/smartphone-type-upgrade-frequency-us/
Gallup, About how often would you say you get a new or upgraded smartphone? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/478823/smartphone-type-upgrade-frequency-us/ (last visited July 16, 2024)
About how often would you say you get a new or upgraded smartphone? [Graph], Gallup, July 8, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/478823/smartphone-type-upgrade-frequency-us/
