29 percent of Spaniards keep five or more at home electronic devices that have become obsolete and not just mobile phones that are no longer used, mainly due to the eventual possibility that they will be needed.
The tendency to conserve obsolete or disused technological devices is majority in Spain, with 85 percent of the population saying they are keeping at least one device that they do not use, whether it is a smartphone, a multimedia player or a computer accessory.
This is clear from the study ‘Use and consumption of technology in 2024’, promoted by the technology rental service Grover. Almost three quarters of the population (74%) store more than one outdated technological product at home, while 29 percent of Spaniards have five or more unused devices.
He mobile phone stands out as the favorite ‘relic’ of Spaniards, and even 67 percent of Spaniards admit that they keep an older mobile phone at home than the one they currently use.
But the drawers and storage rooms also store media players (44%), computers and computer accessories (40%) y video game consoles and virtual reality headsets (33%).
The main reason is caution regarding the possibility that these devices are needed at another time (33%), followed by other factors such as nostalgia that motivates us to keep them as a souvenir (26%) or simply forgetting that we have them (13%).
However, many people who keep outdated devices at home are aware that they could change their mind at some point and decide to get rid of them, mainly to obtain an economic benefit for a second hand sale (19%), gain free space at home (19%) or to be completely sure that they will never use them again (14%).