This survey reports how often U.S. adult smartphone owners get a new or upgraded smartphone. In 2015, 54 percent of respondents claimed to get a new smartphone only when their phone stopped working or became obsolete.
About how often would you say you get a new or upgraded smartphone?
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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 August 11, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/478790/smartphone-upgrade-frequency-us/
Gallup. "About how often would you say you get a new or upgraded smartphone?." Chart. July 8, 2015. Statista. Accessed August 11, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/478790/smartphone-upgrade-frequency-us/
Gallup. (2015). About how often would you say you get a new or upgraded smartphone?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 11, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/478790/smartphone-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/478790/smartphone-upgrade-frequency-us/
Gallup, About how often would you say you get a new or upgraded smartphone? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/478790/smartphone-upgrade-frequency-us/ (last visited August 11, 2022)