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Technology Stocks : Semi Equipment Analysis -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Return to Sender who wrote (83242)	5/9/2019 5:36:29 PM
From: Sam	1 Recommendation Recommended By Return to Sender Respond to of 95616

I don't think its just you all--I know plenty of people with older Apples or other phones. They simply don't feel a need to upgrade every two years any more, just as a lot of people never wanted to upgrade from Windows XP. If it does what you want it to do as quickly as you want it, why switch? That is one of the biggest dilemmas of hardware companies. Gamers generally want to upgrade because new games often require better and faster specs to take advantage of all the newfangled things that they put in them and perhaps when AR and VR become more prevalent as well as 5G, many more upgrades will become necessary.

To: Return to Sender who wrote (83242)	5/10/2019 5:11:25 AM
From: w0z	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95616

Bottom line is that unless 5G requires a new phone to take full advantage of the upgrade in speed it could be a while before I buy into the next generation of phones. I have a Samsung Note 5 which I plan to keep until 5G phones are available at a reasonable price. 5G will require new hardware unless you have one of the very latest models like Samsung's S10 5G. Since the networks only have a few areas with 5G, I'm in no rush. BTW I thought my battery was failing on my 3.5 year old model, but Verizon has an OTA check available to make sure all battery cells are functioning. Mine checked out OK although the charge life is definitely dropping. If it drops to the point I cannot tolerate it, I believe a new battery is only $90 installed, or $10 for battery if you DIY (I wouldn't dare try having seen on YT how it's done).