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Smartphone Sales Are Tumbling

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Price goes up, people are facing other inflationary pressures, worries about job security, etc. New phone is totally optional, easily punted. When was the last time phones had a really good new feature? (says guy with 2020 iphone SE that still works just fine)

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http://assets.msn.com/content/view/v2/Detail/en-in/AA24cVZL

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     printf 'GET /content/view/v2/Detail/en-in/AA24cVZL HTTP/1.0\r\n'
     printf 'Host: assets.msn.com\r\n\r\n'
   )|busybox ssl_client assets.msn.com \
    |grep -o "<p>.*</p>" \
    |tr -d '\134' \
    |sed '1s|^|<meta charset=utf8/>|' > 1.htm
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Worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to decline 14% ... the steepest annual contraction in smartphone history. Manufacturers focusing on selling fewer higher-end products, driven by elevated prices for RAM and transportation/fuel.

I am not sure RAM/fuel prices have much impact here. I have a phone that's about to get 3 generations behind latest one and comparing them side by side, I have 0 reasons to upgrade. Some specs are better, but not enough to notice in daily use.

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