My current (Android, custom ROM that still gets updates) phone is 6 years old. I tend to upgrade when the phone breaks, the battery gives up, I hear of some severe vulnerability, or even these updates stop. As a replacement I get something used in the $100-150 range, so at least a couple years old. Maybe every 5 years or so.

Edit: The power bank is my friend.

My first thought was “wtf, once a week, ain’t nobody got time for that”, but then I realized that when I visit my parents I make a long weekend out of it. And 5x48h is about as many hours per year.

But yea. Out of all the things you are likely to regret later in life, spending more time with the people you love is not one of them.

It comes down to how you define “soul”.

Do I believe there’s a consciousness that transcends death or exists separately from our physical existence, no.

But if you start talking of ship of Theseus/transponder incident/mind upload -type mental exercises, then yes, I believe “self” is an evolving pattern and a collection of experiences that could theoretically be replicated in another physical manifestation or even in a completely different medium. You could call that, too, “soul”.