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It will take a generation to switch Europe's phones. Start now

Mobile Sovereignty Hardware Mobile Sovereignty

Roughly 350 to 400 million smartphones sit in EU pockets today, and only a fraction of them (110 to 134 million) come up for replacement in any given year, and the replacement cycle has stretched past 40 months. Nearly one in five phones already in use is second-hand. Those