I’m going to go with a slightly unorthodox answer. Phones.
You don’t need a new phone every year. You don’t need a new phone every two years. You don’t even need a phone every three years. Your old Galaxy S7 or iPhone 6 still works. Don’t waste your money keeping up with the latest phone. So what if it has a slightly better camera? What are you taking pictures of? What does it really do that your old phone doesn’t?
Once you properly consider everything you realise that you only really need to upgrade your phone every 4-5 years minimum. Many will last much longer.
I feel a similar way. My original comment was about people who get a new phone every year because they want the latest thing just because it’s fancy and new, and how it’s entirely possible (and much more financially logical) to use your current device until it no longer serves your needs. I however neglected to mention the people in the middle, which is where you, I, and many others currently sit. We are in the fortunate position to be able to buy a new phone every few years because we want to, not because we’re under the impression that we need to.
This is arguably the best position to be in, but I may be biased :)
I was more referring to people who buy a new iPhone every year. If your phone does what you need it to do and you replace it when it no longer does that, I think that’s the perfect way :)
Out of curiosity, what makes you buy another phone instead of buying some entry level photography gear which will undoubtedly give better than a tiny phone sensor?
Is it just the whole “point-and-shoot” thing? Or is it something deeper than that?
I’ll try and clarify what I originally meant: I think buying a new phone every few years only for the sake of having a new phone is silly. In my eyes, if your current phone serves your needs then you probably should not buy a new one until that phone no longer does what you need it to do.
However, if you want to buy a new phone but do not need to, that’s fine as long as you are aware of that. The difference lies in the knowledge of necessity.
If, for whatever reason, you need your phone to be up-to-date (e.g. you are a phone reviewer) then that’s understandable. Otherwise, buying a new one is a bit silly.
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