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It's kind of weird that any part of the pandemic could be seen as a golden age

But it seems to have been for consumer electronics, including iPhone.

Technically, I don't know that we can say the pandemic is over, but certainly we are acting

like it's over, so that also ends the golden age.

9 to 5 Mac has new numbers from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners or CIRP

that show consumers, presumably in the U.S.

holding onto their iPhones longer.

From 2019 to 2021, the piece says,

Apple customers kept their phones longer and the or older. Somewhere in there the pandemic set in and new electronics seemed like a great idea.

Last year was the apparent heyday for upgrades, quoting 9 to 5 Mac, an explanation of all the upgrades that have upgrades. COVID-induced iPhone purchases, government stimulus checks, and the interruption of travel and

entertainment spending that helped consumers afford newer models.

Now of course we got no stimulus checks, macroeconomic uncertainty, and stuff

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