Question for Phone Nerds

[Mr White]

Do you phone nerds upgrade your phone every year. Be that Apple/Google/Samsung or other makers or do you skip a couple of years.

Just interested to know why and how many as myself I leave it for at least 5 years before upgrading.

[michaelplehner]

Every 3 years I get a new phone. I never spend more than 50 dollars. Ive had a celero 5g, a TCL something, and now a cheap motorola. I laugh at people spending over a grand on a cell phone. Thats money that should have went into apple stock.

[JacquesPatat]

tend to keep phones as long as possible, either until there is one or other problem with phone or just want to get a new phone. shortest i had a phone was maybe two years, max was about 8 years. over the years used, Motorola, Nokia, blackberry, Samsung, Apple

[Electric Cupcake]

Originally posted by Introverted Gamer:

Originally posted by Grand Ayatrollah:

id like to nerd out on the pine phone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP2-6Z74W44

but its banned from canadian carriers after one year of release.

I checked the specs. The SoC CPU so weak.

But much more affordable than the Librem.

My Fairphone is a nice middle ground between standard locked down OEM crap and a fully FSF-approved Open OS rom.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Dropped my S9 again, this time the speaker had crackling noises and had to get a new phone.

Had it since release and dropped it many times before this with no cracks or visible damage.

Got a S24.

[AmaiAmai]

I only upgraded my phone to a cheap Samsung 5G phone. I only use it for tethering and simple tasks anyway. Outside of that I have no real use for it.

I will be keeping it until it doesn't receive updates. No need to waste money on a phone yearly when I can just pay my student loan or even fund business with that money.

There's simply no universe I would do that.

[Thermal Lance]

The phone i got is one Ill keep for as long as I can. Got an iphone se 3rd gen. Last iphone with touchID from what I understand.

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

Had this phone for 5 years now and it is supported until 2026 so until then (I guess along with PC's, phones are also supposed to last at least 7 years)...

[Jamebonds1]

It is recommend for every two years or when android stopped supporting old OSs.

[UserNotFound]

Originally posted by Jamebonds1:

It is recommend for every two years or when android stopped supporting old OSs.

I think Samsung has upped their support, for my S24U and Fold6, I believe I'll get 5 years of OS updates, and up to 7 years of security updates. At least, that's what I'd heard ....