UnderwaterFunktown said:
Pemalite said:
That's right. You aren't upgrading. You are essentially just replacing through natural attrition.
But when you replace your device, you aren't buying a several year old phone... Because they aren't on the market anymore.
As for the high-end, you are partially correct there.
A large volume of Samsung/Apple high-end device sales are actually through bundled plans where the device is rolled into your 4G/5G LTE service contract.
This is why a device like the S23 Ultra managed to outsell the plain S23, the higher price just was irrelevant due to plans being pushed by telco's.
https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-s23-sales-higher-galaxy-s22-report/
For those on lower incomes or those who don't have a good credit rating, prepaid/post paid devices tend to be the largest volume sellers... I.E Samsung Galaxy A54... But again, people don't replace them yearly, they replace them through natural attrition and will likely buy another device in that similar class or better.
Samsung rolls over 200~ million phones a year. Most of it's customers are just replacing devices.
Phones are an essential commodity item... And being a handheld device are prone to being dropped, lost or broken through regular usage, where consoles can last decades. |
I mean I can see your argument but I do think you're giving people too much credit for being "practical" in their phone buying habits when the reality is pretty far from that. Practical would be buying a Motorola up front for like ~100€ which is what I did. Wasn't even an outdated model, works fine, I have no complaints. |
Welcome to the Motorola gang 👍 Been there since 10 years, only on my 2nd phone and I don't intend to go for the higher brand since it is completely unnecessary to the actual needs of a phone.
