Phones — Skipping the Latest and Greatest

The Allstate Protection Plans 2025 Mobile Survey says we are holding onto our smartphones longer these days. Upgrades are mostly being put off because of rising costs.

The survey says 25% of us are now keeping our smartphones for three or four years. Another 21% say they will continue to use their phone until it stops working.

Just 3% claim to switch phones every six months. This group — the survey notes — is made up of people who just like setting them up, playing a bit with the new features and then move onto the next, best and big, thing.

When changing phones here’s what most of us look for in a phone:

• Long lasting battery life
• Durability
• Overall performance

Those three things matter more than those really cool artificial intelligence tools. New features rank way, way below the words, “can I afford it” or “will this thing last?”

“Even though consumers care deeply about the environmental impact of their tech, they are still unsure what to do with their old smartphones,” Allstate Protection Plans said.

Here’s what that means. Most of us have one or two — or maybe even more — smartphones that are not donated or recycled and end up forgotten completely stuck somewhere in a drawer.

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