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7 reasons people are keeping old iPhones much longer [Cult of Mac Magazine No. 278]

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Cult of Mac Magazine No. 278
Why people are holding on to older iPhones longer.
Cover: Leander Kahney, Marty Cortinas/Cult of Mac

Apple is set to make 5 billion dollars less this quarter than it previously expected, and one of the contributing factors is that the company sold fewer iPhone upgrades than it anticipated. People are holding onto their old iPhones for much longer. Why’s that?

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