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Julian Chokkattu: Sure, or nothing.

Michael Calore: Or nothing.

Julian Chokkattu: I mean, I’m proud of our social media editor, Alicia. She still rocks an iPhone 8 Plus.

Michael Calore: Oh, yes. The fingerprint sensor.

Julian Chokkattu: Yes. And she was there at our event and it was working fine, flawlessly. So that is a, what, four or five year old phone? And yeah, so you definitely don’t have to upgrade if your phone is working and perfectly fine right now.

Michael Calore: But also Alicia might be a bad example, because she shoots TikToks for a living and she’s like, “I am absolutely getting the new iPhone.”

Julian Chokkattu: That’s true. Well, I mean, completely valid for her, she’s due an upgrade.

Michael Calore: All right, so I’ll say if you’re on the fence and if you’re one of those people who always comes up to me at parties and says, “Should I get the new iPhone?” My answer is like, “Nah, probably not.” Sorry, but probably not. The one you have is probably fine, and if it’s not, you know. And just buy a new one, and then use that for five years, maybe four years.

Julian Chokkattu: Yeah. Yeah, I mean Apple supports their devices for a long time. Four or five years, that sounds good.

Michael Calore: Yeah. Yeah. They’re committed to keeping old iPhones in circulation, so honor that.

Julian Chokkattu: Yeah, exactly. Good advice. Good job.

Michael Calore: Thanks. And then buy a portable display.

Julian Chokkattu: Whoops.

Michael Calore: Well that’s all the time we have. Julian, thank you for braving the beautiful California weather.

Julian Chokkattu: Wonderful weather, thank you. Thank you very much for having me.

Michael Calore: And for joining us. It’s going to cool off as soon as you fly home, I know it.

Julian Chokkattu: I know it. Yes, of course. Yeah, my partner was saying that it was 70 degrees in New York, and I’m like, “How is that possible that New York is better weather right now than San Francisco?”

Michael Calore: It’s called climate change, because we buy too many phones.

Julian Chokkattu: I know, it’s depressing.

Michael Calore: Well, thank you all for listening. If you have feedback, you can find all of us on Twitter, just check the show notes. Our producer is Boone Ashworth. We will be back next week. Until then, goodbye.

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