{"id":65234,"date":"2017-09-02T00:24:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T17:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/upgrade-downturn-why-are-people-holding-on-to-their-old-phones\/"},"modified":"2017-09-02T00:50:44","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T17:50:44","slug":"upgrade-downturn-why-are-people-holding-on-to-their-old-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/upgrade-downturn-why-are-people-holding-on-to-their-old-phones\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrade downturn: why are people holding on to their old phones?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSmartphone manufacturers are looking to the new iPhone to boost a lagging market, which has seen annual sales growth slumpIt is less than a fortnight until the launch of the new iPhone, but shoppers outside Apple\u2019s flagship London store express no enthusiasm at the thought of queuing up for the latest smartphone.A common refrain among phone owners outside the shop is to point to their handset and state: \u201cI\u2019ll probably wait till it breaks.\u201d The new iPhone makes its debut on 12 September and is rumoured to have a number of new features for an Apple device, including doing away with the home button on the front of the handset, but there is a perception among mobile phone owners that the pace of technological evolution has slowed. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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