Current Events > How long do you guys usually go between cell phone changes?

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like a few yrs or so? the fast draining battery is usually what prompts it?

My old LG phone gets about 75 minutes of use out of a charge. Its constantly plugged in. If i go out, it needs to be charged 2 or 3 times a day.

Just writing this message took me from 97 to 95 percent.

Naysaspace posted...

My old LG phone gets about 75 minutes of use out of a charge. Its constantly plugged in. If i go out, it needs to be charged 2 or 3 times a day.

Just writing this message took me from 97 to 95 percent.

how old is this phone? you use this one as your primary phone?

Until the phone craps out on me.
So, usually 3 or so years

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time for a new phone

My record is 3 years

Whenever it feels slowing down a lot, like 3 or 4 years.

Ricemills posted...

Whenever it feels slowing down a lot, like 3 or 4 years.

slowing down? you mean the battery drains super fast?

When I need a new one. Years, usually.

My S8 is still working great after 6 years, had the S4 for 4 years before that. I am looking forward to a better camera once I do upgrade.

2-3 years. Although a battery replacement would be cheap, that's also when Android security updates tend to stop.

usually whenever topics like these are made, 95% of people will say "I'll use my phone until it rots out of my hand", while the people who upgrade more often don't post here lol

I upgrade once every 2-3 years

Usually around every three years

GranTurismo posted...

slowing down? you mean the battery drains super fast?

No, slowing down in performance.

Ive been going 4 years

iPhone 5s
8
13

Usually a combination of performance, low storage, and weakening battery gives me that itch to upgrade.

That said, Im only at 52/128 GB on my current phone with 86% battery durability left almost 2 years in so I can see going another 2 easily, might stretch the upgrade interval to 5 years this round.

I think I had my first phone for like 6-7 years or something. And I've had this one for 3-4 years. No rush to swap it.

At one point I was on a 4 year plan. Then I got a bad phone that only really lasted about 2 years, I got 2 years on another phone before breaking the screen. I am approaching 2 years on my Z Fold 3 and it's got interior screen microcracks, but I'm not interested nor have the cash at the moment for a 5 (even with a trade in) so I might go for screen module/battery replacement when the inner screen craps out and go for 3-4 total years on the 3 since otherwise the phone is perfectly functional and able to keep up with what I need it to do.

My old phone lasted 6 years. It's still perfectly fine, but I want to have a phone that still gets security updates.

It used to be 2-3 years when I was in my 20s. Now it's more like 4 years. No rush to change it.

Before 2010. Two cherry Verizon phones. 2006 and 2007. Lost them both in the span of 6 months going to work with slippery dress pants. Didn't bother with phones again until 2010.

Nokia (with a keyboard) 2010-2014
Nokia Lumia 1020 2014-2017
Pixel 2XL October 2017 - November 2022

4 years. Average

My first smart phone was with the Lumia 1019. The camera was nice, but it used the windows store/app and OS, and that was garbage.

3-4 years. I usually do it around the time the newest generation comes out so that the one just prior is now cheaper. Most of the time there's no real significant difference anyway.

7-8 years

they forced me to upgrade last time on account of oldness

4 to 5 years.

It's been 2-3 years, but ideally I have a phone until it stops getting security patches.

Ricemills posted...

No, slowing down in performance.

Factory reset

AnsestralRecall posted...

It's been 2-3 years, but ideally I have a phone until it stops getting security patches.

oh you think it's a terrible idea to use a phone that isn't getting security patches anymore?

Whenever the phone starts to break down. My current phone is running about 4yrs.

I have the iPhone and I go every other model. So, right now I have the iPhone 13 so when the iPhone 15 releases later this year, Ill look into getting that if there is some good deals.

So, I guess every two years is my answer.

Was every 2 years until I got my iPhone Xs Max, which I'm still holding on to. I'm planning on upgrading at long last this year, as the phone is getting a bit slow and the battery isn't great any more.

i'm using a 2011 Galaxy Nexus on its second battery and a phone rom it was never meant to run. fuck the police

GranTurismo posted...

oh you think it's a terrible idea to use a phone that isn't getting security patches anymore?

It's definitely a risk. Wouldn't be surprised if the phone could last a decade with a new battery.

But companies are greedy.

A few years. I don't bother with a new phone until the current one starts annoying me from being slow and too far behind. Had an S5, didn't upgrade until the S9+ came out. I just upgraded that to the S23+ about two months ago.

around 3 years