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Smartphone sales down 22 percent in Q2, the worst performance in a decade(arstechnica.com)

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Smartphone sales down 22 percent in Q2, the worst performance in a decade::North American sales are bad for everyone, except, miraculously, Google.

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Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world
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So it wasn’t planned obsolescence then. You just wanted to upgrade rather than replace the battery and keep the phone you say had no reason to upgrade.

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Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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I wanted to do what I could afford. Maybe you can afford whatever you like, but I can’t.

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Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world
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That’s fine, but a different argument than just saying planned obsolescence.

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