Smartphone users are upgrading less frequently — will 5G help? – TechCrunch

A new study out of NPD confirms what we already know about the state of the smartphone in 2019. People just aren’t upgrading as frequently. You can see the ramifications of this as companies like Apple and Google scramble to right the ship. Still, it’s nice to put some numbers to the abstract trend. The analyst firm conducted a study of 3,650 U.S, based cellphone users earlier this year and