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  • More than once every 12 months

    5 3.33%
  • About once a year

    18 12.00%
  • Every other year

    36 24.00%
  • More than every 2 years

    37 24.67%
  • Whenever the next upgrade comes out (or when something competes with the next model)

    4 2.67%
  • Every other upgrade

    3 2.00%
  • When the current phone has outlived its usefulness

    31 20.67%
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    Default How often do you upgrade your phone?

    So whenever there's a thread about a new phone coming out, seems like a lot of people are always ready to jump on it even though it their current phone seems to have just come out. Me on the other hand, I rarely upgrade and only do so when my current phone has become so outdated that it becomes painful to use or the case of my current phone, if it's heavily discounted to make room for a new model.

    And yeah "painful to use" is pretty subjective since I consider myself a light user compared to most: I only need a phone to text, read news or browse Beyond on the shitter, and take a few random pics here and there. I don't even use my phone for music, rarely use more than a couple hundred MB a month and could probably get by with 16GB of storage.

    Just looking back at my phone history, it looks like I upgrade every three years on the dot so I'm due for a new phone this year

    Nexus 4 (2013)
    Nexus S (2010)
    iPhone 2G (2007)
    Motorola RAZR (2004)
    Motorola V60 (2001)
    Motorola StarTac (1998)
    Motorola MicroTAC Elite? (1995)

    So I'm curious, on average how often do you guys upgrade your main, daily use phone and what is your main reason for doing so?

    Do you upgrade multiple times a year to stay on top of the latest and greatest toy? Once a year? Just until your phone becomes too outdated for you? When the newest model of your phone comes out?

    For the poll:
    - The "time" questions are if you find yourself upgrading when it just "feels" like it's time to upgrade, regardless of whether or not your phone has outlived its usefulness.

    - The "model" questions are more if you prioritize device capabilities, regardless of how old it is since generally phones come out with a new upgraded version every year.

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    I changed phones because I get bored, not necessarily because it's an upgrade at all. Or I break them...

    I'll TRY to complete this list.

    Work Phone
    Current: LG G3
    Previous: OnePlus One, Note 3, iPhone 4s, BB 9700, BB 8520

    Personal
    Current: Nexus 6
    Previous, Here we go... probably not in order
    Asus Zenfone 2
    HTC M8 One GPE
    Asus Zenfone 2 (yes I went through 2)
    OnePlus One
    Note 3
    BB Z10
    Nexus 5
    Nexus 5 (yes I went through 2 of these)
    LG P999
    Galaxy S3
    Blackberry 9700
    Nexus 4
    Nexus 4
    Nexus 4 (yes I went through 3 of these)
    SGS 2X
    Xperia X10 mini
    Xperia X10
    Nexus One
    Acer Liquid E
    HTC Dream (by far my favorite form factor)
    Ericsson W610
    Nokia 6131
    Motorola V551m
    LG C1100
    Nokia 6010 (Oct 2004)
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    Lets see:

    LG Shine Flip - 2007 ( 1st phone )
    iPhone 3GS - 2009 ( Wanted an iPhone, nothing wrong with shine but passed it on to someone else who used for 2 more years )
    iPhone 4 - 2011 ( Felt like an upgrade )
    iPhone 5 - 2013 ( Work, replaced physically broken 4 )
    iPhone 6s - 2015 ( Work, replaced battery issue/obsolete phone )

    Every other year like clockwork. Give or take probably 6 months here and there.

    My work phone they REALLY didn't want to replace after 2 years even though it was near non functional due to battery and obsolescence type issues.

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    I upgrade every 2 years. Phone is provided by work (perks of a 24/7 job where I take calls at 3am) and we get a free one every 2 years so I follow that route.

    I used to only buy unlocked phones at huge $$$ for travel, but now I just use my locked phone + wifi hotspot so subsidized phones FTW.
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    I upgrade when it is:

    1) Economical to do so ("free" phone on contract, or the price of the phone outright is cheap enough to justify outright purchase)

    2) The phone slows down

    My cellphone path went Samsung flip-phone (A610? maybe?), Iphone 3GS (bought as a gift to myself once out of college and no longer broke), Samsung S3 (wanted a more open platform, regretted it as it was laggy as hell), Nexus 5 (LOVED everything about that phone but broke screens like crazy) and now a Nexus 5x (also love it, but its slowed down already in only 3 months of use and the battery recently started performing poorly).

    I use my phone for everything, calculator, flashlight, email, internet browsing, gps/maps, navigation, talking, etc etc. It is extremely important to me. I don't need the latest gimmick, I just need it to work, and quickly.

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    Still rocking a free Iphone 4s. Company didn't want it back when I quit so I kept it and new work pays for my plan. Going to keep it until it dies.

    It hasn't slowed down since I stopped doing all the Apple software updates

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    Other....whenever I break it.........so could be 2 months; could be 2 years.
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    Depends on how much I spend I suppose to see how long feels right

    HTC Legend 2010
    Samsung Galaxy S II 2011
    LG Nexus 4 2012
    LG Nexus 5 2013
    Samsung Galaxy S6 2015

    I didn't even realize I had was doing 1 year per phone when I got my first smartphone. I will probably keep my S6 until I get the new version of the big Nexus next spring as I really do miss having timely OS upgrades.

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    I upgrade every year. My reasoning is basically the cost is so completely insignificant considering it is my most used an relied upon device. Say the phone is $700. Sell the old one for $300-400 after a year, spend $300-400 more on a new one, that's like a buck a day to always have the latest and greatest technology in such an important device. It's a no-brainer for me personally. Also every upgrade so far has been very noticeable and significant as it relates to my personal usage - when that stops happening, maybe I will upgrade less.

    It's all about priorities though. Some people buy a $5 Starbucks 1-3 times a day but think it's silly to get new phones more often than every 3 years. Just depends what you like. You can pretty much apply that same idea to anything though.

    I don't think I could even list all the phones I've owned I also use separate phones for work and personal and make sure they're different so I always experience different models, brands, etc.

    In all my time I think I've only totally broken one phone though, my first iPhone 3GS. Dropped it like 1ft and it shattered.

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    Other. Once the next new phone is 0$ on a contract I upgrade. Currently still running an S3 - Planning on upgrading to a S5 basically right away. Why spend money on a phone? Even my S3 is still great for what I use it for (Reddit/Youtube/Facebook)

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    When I was younger I would upgrade more often, about every year or two. Now, with the iPhone, I seem to be upgrading about every 4 years.

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    Work pays for my phone too so usually 2-3 years for me.
    However the past 12 months, I've gone from a 5S to a 6+ to a 6S+ to a 6 to see what the fuss was with the newer iphones.
    I paid for the 6+ and 6S+ with my own money but I wasnt finding the Plus screen important for my need.

    Waiting for the Huawei P9 price to go down and work allowing Androids before I get another device

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    Usually every year, this year I might skip it though. Depends, I've always been able to offload the old phone at a decent price to trye and recoup some of the price of the new one. Last year was the first year I wasn't really able to

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    Solo Mobile clam shell (remember those low fi ring tones!)
    LG Chocolate slider (pos, but had a great speaker for it's era)
    BB Pearl (wore out quickly, but it was one hell of an upgrade)
    LG text type phone (low tech, but great for txt)
    Samsung S2 (pos)
    iphone 5 C (love it still besides battery life)

    I've never bought a smart phone outright. I always wait for my 2 years to come
    up to get the "free" upgrade. I've bought a couple of cheap phones out of necessity
    though.

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    Generally I would go yearly....
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    I use to upgrade yearly but my latest phone I've had since 2012 Still debating whether I should upgrade to the iPhone SE or just grab a 6S.

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    I have an iPhone 4 (not the 4S). It's been approx 5 years now that I've had my phone?

    Everything still works and I've never cracked the screen so I haven't had a reason to upgrade. It's getting really slow though so I'm thinking about upgrading to an iPhone SE. I'm not a fan of the huge phones that are being released nowadays.

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    "shakalaka" option is

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    When ever the plan is up, unless I break it. Which I did a few times in the last few years.

    Was really into slide phones at the start, my first 3 phones 2003 to 2010:







    Then:

    iPhone 4
    Nokia 1020 (dropped it)
    Nexus 5 (Slow as fuck after software upgrade)
    Nokia 930 (to hold me over until new iPhone)
    iPhone 6s

    2 years seems like a good refresh cycle at the moment.

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    I generally go 3-4 years before replacing a phone, unless I break it which doesn't happen often.

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