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The Economy Is Sputtering as People Keep Using Their Old Phones That Work Fine

Frank Landymore

created: Nov. 28, 2025, 2:45 p.m. | updated: Dec. 8, 2025, 2:45 p.m.

Do you really need to buy a new smartphone every year? If you bought a decent one in the first place, chances are your smartphone is still doing a perfectly fine job. Ditto for getting that latest tablet, or upgrading your gaming rig with slightly faster sticks of ludicrously overpriced RAM. Have you considered that by being such a miserly hoarder, you’re actually hurting the entire economy, which demands constant consumption to flourish? How much more juice do they really need with each generation?

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