Average Age of Cellphones Laptops in the Wild Continues to Rise

As technology enthusiasts we sometimes forget that not everyone is caught up in our never ending state of gadget lust, and the law of averages has mainstream consumers driving up the age of most hardware found in the wild. According to industry analysts’ quoted by the New York Times, most people are now upgrading old Cellphone’s every 18 months, a sharp rise from just a year ago when it was only 16.

On the laptop front the average consumer is milking 4 years a 4 months out of a typical machine, up an extra 30 days from the same period last year. The Time’s report cited dozens of products across all segments that follow this trend, but it’s interesting to benchmark yourself against the average sane technology user.

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