How often do you upgrade your cell phone?

[Sylvain]

With over 24k posts in three years you probably don't get out much to need one.

If I had a cell phone with internet access I would have 50k posts by now.

 

[Gabriel]

I hate texting but its impossible to get a phone that doesn't do it

I used to hate texting, but then realized if I text someone I don't actually have to talk to them. Now I love it.

 

[Classic]

Usually upgrade when the contract expires and they give me a deal on a new one or I change carriers.

 

[Bennettjh]

I usually upgrade every two years. I'm NOT glued to it 24/7, some folks are and that's their business but it's rude if someone is talking to you FTF.

I'm just hard on phones so when I'm due to upgrade, I do because usually the old phone is on its way out.

 

[j706]

I hate cell phones!! Yea I know you pretty much gotta have them these days. They always ring at the absolute worse times without fail. I seem to make a lot of people mad because I hate them so much I hardly ever answer mine. I have some Windows smart phone thingy that I don't know how to use very well. I was much happier with the Nextel walkie talkie setup before it lost its widespread fame.

 

[kawtech87]

I had a Samsung Rugby flip phone for almost 6 years before I upgraded to a GS3.

 

[bluewraith]

I used to upgrade every chance I got.. I had to have the latest and the greatest. Now, not so much. I've had this phone (HTC Desire) since the day it was released. Even had to special order my otter box from Europe because nobody in the states had them yet. I've been out of the contract for about a year now, and still have no real desire to upgrade. If anything, I'll switch carriers just to get better reception where I live now.

My first smartphone was a Cingular 8125. Windows CE, Slide out keyboard, touchscreen, wifi, everything that was unheard of for the time. I could surf the web like a laptop, and had music to go well before ipods and mp3 players were mainstream. Sits in my desk drawer as a neat toy now. From there went to the Samsung Blackjack, 3 different blackberries, an iphone, and now my HTC. I was such a gadget freak a few years ago I would even buy the prepaid phones just to have them. The Samsung Juke SCH-U470 comes to mind... I loved that phone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFNaOLsWJeM

 

[Jomibe]

Trying to decipher my moms text messages is brutal. We need to just get rid of them for the betterment of everyone.

 

[JettaKnight]

My phone still has an extendible antenna.


What do I win?

 

[saintnick81]

I upgrade every two when I get my "new every 2" discount. Sometimes earlier if they send an offer on the phone I want.

 

[koutsevil]

I have always upgraded every 2 years. It always seems to be 2 months after the phone starts to die.

 

[HandK]

Every two years when we sign up or renew our contract! then it takes me two years to figure out how to use it!!

 

[Benny]

Before smart phones I would usually use the phone until it broke. Now that I can sell my unlocked phone on eBay for over twice what I paid for it (when it's time for an upgrade), I'd be losing money by not getting the better phone ASAP.

Still haven't decided if I'm going to go with the i6 or the next galaxy that comes out. I'll probably just stick with what I know.

 

[stephen87]

I upgrade when my phones are no longer usable. For me that tends to be every 22-26 months. I use my phones, not hard, but I use them to their capabilities. My iPhone was dropped in the toilet. I paid $85 to have the issue of not turning on fixed. Eventually the power button and the microphone went out, it got replaced. Before that I had a Windows Mobile phone that messed up, same issue with 3 phones that everyone had and AT&T said they had never seen before. Eventually I got tired of it and upgraded. I don't replace a phone just for fun... most of the time.

 

[CathyInBlue]

What cell phone?