The vast majority of us still only buy a new smartphone once every 2+ years (poll results)

Nearly 3,000 of our readers participated in the survey. Of those, a little over 1,000 (~35%) indicated that they only update their device once every two years, in line with traditional 2-year carrier contracts. Next up, we've got folks who like upgrading every year (~27%), closely followed by those among us that buy a new smartphone once in more than two years (~24%). The rest of the votes are about evenly split across the three remaining categories. That may sound like a minority — and by itself each group is — but together makes up for about 14% of the total voting base, which is not to be ignored.