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Who cares if they release a new one every year? Just buy a new phone when you actually need one.
Lots of people care because it creates e-waste.
If the culture changes so that all consumers act like that and forces the companies to change their production cycle, that would be a big boon for the environment.
Yep.
For about the past decade, I've only ever upgraded because the current broke (and beyond economic repair), or otherwise became untenable.
Using a refurb S10 now. The S8 prior had a bust screen. Only had that because I needed it to play nice with Bluetooth LE hearing aids. Probably my only recent upgrade that went from one working phone to another.
Tend to only buy flagships, as they are better supported by alternative software - good if they live long enough to age out of official updates.