Smartphone manufacturers update their models every year. The phones, which come up with different model names every year with limited changes, bring a big debate recently: Is it reasonable to produce a new smartphone model every year?
The environmental damage of smartphones renewed every year is also very high.
Smartphone manufacturers have been in a great race lately. That’s why brands that renew their models every year are also pursuing more market share. However, it is a fact that producing a new model every year makes the phone industry quite boring.
Now, most manufacturers have begun to repeat themselves in design. Most manufacturers now introduce a new model every year with very minor design changes. While this situation creates recession in the phone industry, it also puts a huge burden on the environment.
The biggest problem created by this rapid update cycle is environmental destruction. In addition to the rare components to be used in the production of each new model, it is a fact that the phones have a very high carbon footprint with the change of production lines and the transportation of the products. While most companies pride themselves on using recyclable materials in their new models, the best way to reduce the impact on the environment would undoubtedly be to introduce new models less frequently.
Smartphones can serve users for many years if they are used carefully. In fact, companies such as Apple and OnePlus offer 5-year update support to their phones, promising that a phone purchased today will be used safely until 2028.
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You, like me, have noticed that smartphones are quite boring in terms of design, especially recently. It would not be wrong to say that if phone manufacturers do this at intervals of 2 or 3 years instead of introducing new models every year, we will come across much more exciting models.
For example, companies in the gaming or photography industry update their models much more rarely. Although Sony included intermediate updates, it expected a 7-year period between PS4 and PS5 models. Likewise, big camera companies such as Canon leave a certain amount of time between their flagship models. The same is true for televisions, computers and cars.
The release of new flagship phone models every two or three years will not only reduce the industry’s carbon footprint, but will also make the launches of these products much more exciting. So what do you think about the renewal of smartphone models every year? You can share your views with us in the comments section.
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