Board 8 > how old is your current smartphone?

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random curiosity. possible that the last bucket should've been bigger but i got lazy

I've been rocking a galaxy s9 but saying I'll upgrade "soon" for the last year. It's really starting to show its age, especially with how I've abused the battery. But it's still plenty good enough for now

Literally just updated like 2 weeks ago but purely because there was a great deal I was able to take advantage of by using a friends student discount. I got a the top model of the OnePlus 11 5G for $425.

Before that my phone was 2.5 years old and honestly nothing wrong with it other than the battery life was getting questionable. I could have definitely kept using it for probably at least another year unless the battery deteriorated a lot more.

4 years in on a Pixel3 and the battery is going.

I keep saying I'm going to upgrade soon but then something always goes wrong, ie the fuel pump in my car imploded two weeks ago, so at some point.

7 years and a month or two

I've had a Galaxy S9+ (S9 with a larger screen) for a few years and the battery is still reasonably okay. But that may be in comparison to how my previous phone was.

Got a Pixel 6a in Feb but my phone before that was an Iphone 4s which i had been using since launch. The hard drive on it was starting to fail.

Have a Galaxy S21+. Will probably upgrade next year, maybe to a foldable phone.

I got an A54 this year because my old phone lost its calling/texting ability for good when my phone shut down during an automatic play store update.

Sceptilesolar posted...

Have a Galaxy S21+. Will probably upgrade next year, maybe to a foldable phone.

The foldable phones freak me out in an uncanny valley kind of way

S9+ hasn't broken down yet so still using it

I have the Galaxy S20 for 3.5 years now but it basically runs like new because I recently had its screen replaced for which included a battery swap.

Next time I swap I'll get one of the foldable ones. They look awesome.

I'm also in the "Galaxy S9, haven't run into any issues that made me feel the need to consider upgrading" bucket.

do they release two galaxy S versions a year? i remember i had an S3 ten years ago - how are you on S20 now?

they went from S10 to S20 in 2020

anyway i got the S21 in 2021

I was thinking I had my newest phone for greater than one year, but now I remember it was less than one.

I had to get a new one, since the 4G signal on the previous phone was completely out of date, since it won't connect in anyway for a phone call, so, I was forced to get a 5G phone, since I didn't have a choice. There was nothing else wrong with my old phone, as it still allows texts and connecting with the internet with no issues.

Galaxy S10e for at least 3 years now. Maybe 4. Not sure exactly when I got it. It's kind of beat up at the moment with some minor cracks and battery life is eh. Charging port is kind of messed up and the cables come out pretty easily. Totally serviceable still but probably gonna upgrade soon.

S23 Ultra. Was planning to hold off on upgrading, but then I introduced my old phone (and my head) to the pavement earlier this year.

On an iPhone 11 Pro Max, so late 2020. Wouldn't mind upgrading but there's been nothing to make me feel like I need to yet.

Have a Galaxy S8+ that's basically falling apart. Loses 20% battery just sitting next to me while I sleep and has to be charged multiple times a day. Power cable also barely connects so that whole process is even more annoying. Sort of want to upgrade just to not have to deal with that but also I barely do anything with my phone besides use the browser and some extremely light apps so it feels like a bit of a waste for how much else that money could get me.

Have an S10+ that works great. I've looked at upgrading, but I'm not a fan of how heavy a lot of the newer phones are.

How old is the S20? I guess it's that old.

I just switched after having a Galaxy S8 for five years. The new phone is a Zenfone that debuted 2 years ago, though.

S21 ultra

Am also thinking about the foldable one

I think I got my iPhone 11 early 2020, so Ive been using it for about 3.5 years.

Really considering upgrading my phone this year since my phones screen gets unresponsive pretty easily, and supposedly the next iPhone will use USB-C to comply with European laws.

I have no idea. Whenever I dropped my last phone on the locker room floor and cracked the screen into itty bitty pieces. Do people really track these things that stringently. (Yes, they do. I've known people who upgrade their phone religiously the second their contract allows them to.)

Nubia RedMagic 7 Pro here

about a year and a half

Not sure if people have experience with them, but my dad has a folding phone. He likes it in most ways, but he dislikes how small the phone screen is when it's folded up, and of course, that's how he uses it a lot of the time when he's just casually pulling it out or whatever.

MacArrowny posted...

Not sure if people have experience with them, but my dad has a folding phone. He likes it in most ways, but he dislikes how small the phone screen is when it's folded up, and of course, that's how he uses it a lot of the time when he's just casually pulling it out or whatever.

Isnt that, like, the whole point of the folding phone? Folds to fit in your pocket and for casual things, unfolds for more dedicated use.

Seanchan posted...

Isnt that, like, the whole point of the folding phone? Folds to fit in your pocket and for casual things, unfolds for more dedicated use.

Correct. But a lot of the use you get out of a phone is casual, so the sacrifice ends up more painful than people expect.

June 2020

LG V60 ThinQ

It was a top of the line phone at the time and there have been no issues with it running anything.
It still has one of the best audio setups I've heard for a mobile device with it's specialized dac/amp and has a headphone Jack.

Probably won't upgrade until I need too, there isn't any point. Wish LG didn't get out of the phone industry because it's a great phone.

MacArrowny posted...

Correct. But a lot of the use you get out of a phone is casual, so the sacrifice ends up more painful than people expect.

I guess I don't know what type of foldable he has, but I've seen ones where folded, the outside screen is as big as a regular phone. In that instance, I wouldn't see a problem, as the huge unfolded screen is like a bonus.

Seanchan posted...

I guess I don't know what type of foldable he has, but I've seen ones where folded, the outside screen is as big as a regular phone. In that instance, I wouldn't see a problem, as the huge unfolded screen is like a bonus.

Samsung Galaxy Fold4

Got my Moto G Power '20 in May 2021. Still works but it's starting to show signs of wear. I usually buy cheaper phones expecting two years out of them, since I use them a fair amount. Once it has a big issue (like half the screen going dead), that's when I replace it.

I've been using a refurbished Galaxy S8+ since the middle of 2021.

I voted 5-6 years since that's about how long I had my Pixel 2. Just finally replaced it with a Pixel 7

The only reason I upgraded was because the charging cable kept falling out and refused to stay in for some reason, and I heard about wireless charging and that sounded pretty cool. Changed my life. Other than that, I'd probably be using the Pixel 2 for years to come.

It has been an understanding in the back of my mind that many people upgrade phones every 1-2 years but that sounds nuts to me. It can't be true.

CoolCly posted...

The only reason I upgraded was because the charging cable kept falling out and refused to stay in for some reason

You ever clean the port on the phone out with a toothpick? Lint/dust/dirt buildup will cause that.

Almost two years now. Motorola Edge 2021

I had a zflip4 but it broke and i had to buy a replacement and got a pixel5a

btw. the flip4 was a great phone, besides you know, breaking. and i HATE the 5a.

azuarc posted...

Do people really track these things that stringently.

Is it really that odd to know how many years you've had a device that you use multiple hours per day?

Seanchan posted...

You ever clean the port on the phone out with a toothpick? Lint/dust/dirt buildup will cause that.

I'd read this when I had the problem and scraped the fuck outta in there but it had no effect. I thought for sure it was actually going to fix it when some crud came on out but it just never was satisfied to accept a charging cable again I guess.

Oh yeah. Asking "do people track these things that stringently" is a pretty weird thing to say

It's super easy to just google the year your phone model came out and bam.... now you know how long you've had your phone.

I dont buy a phone very often, and its a pretty big purchase/kind of an effort, so its not hard to loosely remember when it happened last.

in this case its very easy because it was just like three months ago, and I saw GotG3 afterward

before that it had been like. Four years or something. I think it was the summer before the pandemic.

I remember I dropped it within like a month of buying it and had to go to Best Buy to get it fixed

CoolCly posted...

I'd read this when I had the problem and scraped the fuck outta in there but it had no effect. I thought for sure it was actually going to fix it when some crud came on out but it just never was satisfied to accept a charging cable again I guess.

Odd. That worked for both myself and a family member. Both using iPhones though, so maybe Lightning vs USB-C makes a difference (even though that seems weird...).

MoogleKupo141 posted...

I dont buy a phone very often, and its a pretty big purchase/kind of an effort, so its not hard to loosely remember when it happened last.

yeah, i basically agree with this. i've only had three smartphones so it's not really hard to remember why/when i got them. then there are the people who upgrade every two years so it should be easy to remember when the last time was, etc.

azuarc posted...

Do people really track these things that stringently. (Yes, they do. I've known people who upgrade their phone religiously the second their contract allows them to.)

it's so weird to make the second part of this into like a "you wouldn't believe this" thing. like... yeah?