Excluding unexpected circumstances, how many years is it appropriate and cost-effective to replace a mobile phone? Have you met the criteria?

The service life of a mobile phone is generally about 10 years. This is data obtained based on the test results of many vulnerable and consumable parts in the phone. The service life of expensive and cheap mobile phones is basically the same. The price difference is due to the different hardware configurations and brand values ​​of the mobile phones. Even if the service life of a mobile phone is about 10 years, few people use a mobile phone for a full 10 years. The changes in 10 years are really too great. Think about it, if you take out the mobile phone you used in 2011 and use it now, isn’t it obvious that it no longer meets your needs? Mobile phone hardware technology and software are developing synchronously.

According to the data of the synchronous development of mobile phone hardware technology and software on the market, a brand new mobile phone can continue to be used for 3 years with high performance. In other words, a new mobile phone has the best performance within 3 years. If you want to replace your mobile phone, it is best to replace it after 3 years of use. The hardware configuration of mobile phones on the market is generally very high. Generally speaking, the development of mobile phone hardware technology should be ahead of the development of software APP. After all, the running requirements of mobile phone APP are not high. The low-end models of mobile phones on the market now basically have 6+64G running memory and storage memory, and the processors are generally 4-core and 8-core. Therefore, it is most appropriate to use a new mobile phone for 3 years, and the performance of the mobile phone is the best within these 3 years.

It is best to replace a smartphone after 3 years of use

2. When is the best time to buy a new mobile phone?

When it comes to cost-effectiveness, we can’t do without the value retention rate, which involves the brand effect. What mobile phone has a high value retention rate? Here I will teach you a little trick. The mobile phone with the most users has a higher value retention rate. The value retention rate of Apple mobile phones is relatively high. That’s because Apple brand mobile phones accounted for a large proportion of the mobile phone market in my country in the past few years. Now that domestic brand mobile phones have completely risen, the value retention rate of Apple mobile phones will become lower and lower. It is most cost-effective to replace a high-configuration and high-priced mobile phone with a new one after using it for 3 years. The novelty has passed, and the mobile phone of this model should be discontinued. At this time, the second-hand mobile phone market of this model has become active, and it is the most cost-effective and appropriate to change the phone at this time. It is most appropriate to replace a low-configuration and low-priced mobile phone after using it for about 5 years. The hardware configuration of the mobile phone can no longer meet the development requirements of the software market after 5 years. At this time, the mobile phone has no great economic value. It can be said that it can only be treated as a scrapped machine. Having said that, it is also worth using a low-priced mobile phone for 5 years.

Accidents that occur while using your mobile phone

During the three years of high-performance use, it is inevitable that the mobile phone will encounter some minor problems, such as a broken screen, weak battery storage capacity, and a broken charging plug. These problems will not affect the performance of the phone, and you can choose simple repairs. However, there is no need to repair major problems such as the phone being burned by water and motherboard chip failure. Not to mention the cost, there will also be certain "aftereffects" after the repair. I have been working in maintenance for more than ten years, and this is the truthful advice I give you.

Some people replace their phones with a new one every two years, while others replace one or even two phones a year. In fact, there is no need to do so. A phone within three years will not fail to meet user needs. It’s just that some people “don’t know how” to use a phone. If you find that your phone is not running smoothly, but you don’t know how to maintain it, then the easiest way to improve the smoothness of your phone is to [restore factory settings]. After the factory settings are restored, you will find that your phone is as smooth as when you bought it.