Roy Morgan reports that only 27% of mobile users in Australia have a phone over two years old. With over 30 million services in operation in Australia this would imply more than 10 million devices falling out of use each year. Their report is here.
With the Australian Cellular Industry’s Mobile Muster reporting that they are recycling circa 850,000 mobiles per year you wonder what is happening to the rest. Mobile Muster says that there are 23 million mobiles stored in homes unused. With around 10 million falling out of use per year adding to the 23 million existing top draw mobiles we are building up a big stockpile or, more likely, adding to the high tech content of our wheelie bins.
Roy Morgan reports not unexpectedly that Telstra customers have the higher percentage of greater than 2 y.o. handsets at 30% Optus has 25% and Vodafone 22%. Also not unexpected is that the brand of mobile over 2 y.o. is topped by Nokia 30% (reflective of past glory) with Samsung 21% and iPhone 18%.