Those damn Brits, how dare they?! Buy more, more often!
this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2023
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I generally upgrade every 4 years too these days, at least the last few times and for the next upgrade. Let's see if I can remember my whole phone list.
- Motorola M301
- Ericcson 628 or 688 I don't remember which (or whatever the modified name was on one2one back then)
- Nokia 8100/8146 (you know, the ACTUAL matrix phone)
- Gifted Nokia 3110 or 3210 (8100 broke down)
- Nokia 6100/6126
- Sony Ericson T68i
- Sony Z1010 (my first phone with a camera, spoiler alert, it was terrible)
- iPhone 3GS
- Samsung Galaxy S2
- Samsung Galaxy S4
- Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+
- Samsung Galaxy S20+ (current)
Wonder if I missed any that were that forgettable?
Generally an upgrade outside of 4 years was because there was a feature I particularly wanted or needed. On early phones this was quite often (think SMS support, WAP, EFR, GPRS). But then contracts were generally for 1 year so it didn't matter too much. Later phones it's been 3G/4G/5G/Wifi calling etc that generally drove upgrades.
ive only upgraded from my 2014 shit phone in 2021, and i plan to do the same with this one for as long as i can
I bought a second hand pixel 6a a couple weeks ago, my previous phone was the OnePlus 3, lasted me 5 years and at the time of purchase it was already a two years old second hand, bought them for basically the same price, 200€.
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Meanwhile, here I am with a Galaxy S8 from 2017, doing just fine. Only bad thing is some stuff burned into the screen from overuse of some apps in the past coughs reddit coughs.
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i used to buy a new one every 2 years or so,but after switching to pixel 6 and graphene os, I think I will replace it once it's no longer supported.
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You'll have to prise my 4a 5G out of my cold dead hands...
my XR is still going strong. unless the quality starts decreasing dramatically, I see no reason to upgrade just yet
4 years? How cute.
The 2 years life span had a ridiculous affect on the 2nd market that, now will never be the same.