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Totally anecdotal but it seems to me Europeans are more likely to use old tech than other countries at similar income level. So I know this looks weird for some Asian and north Americans, but it makes total sense for the rest of us.

Phone are essentially a finished product nowadays. Apple think the same and shipped iphone 14 with the same CPU as their previous generation. There is also rumors of them skipping the next GPU upgrade for iphot15 because of mower demands than expected. My partner still use an iphone se (2016)

We're currently using a 12 years old iMac with upgraded ram and SSD for basic browsing. It's absolutely usable. The current generation of high end smartphones could easily last 10 years for basic usage.

Make the SoC upgradable next and we would have iphone SE that would last as long as cars.

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Having taken apart my iphone smartphone to replace the battery and screen as needed, I really hope the EU'a regulations lead to that sort of situation! I haven't updated to a Framework laptop yet but it's in mind for next time I need to.

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i hate that im forced go upgrade my phone due to software/os dropping support, not the hardware crapping out. i use all my phones for like 5 years for a long time. they're fine.