I MUST upgrade my personal mobile phone every new release

Who actually does this other than Android enthusiasts?

normies every time their "contract" ends

iPhone fucktards

I don't know about other carriers, but T-Mobile makes it really fucking easy. If your phone is still in sell-able condition you can swap it and start paying off the new model.

Went from a Nokia lumia 725 to a s5 last year

planned obsolescence. the new software sabotages any old version

How long do you guys take before updating your phone?

Using an s4 with no plans on upgrading any time soon. Literally what's the point?

I upgraded last time in two years, went from s4 to oneplus 2 in dec2015 and this is is still solid

Lol I had the same phone for 11 years. Good old Nokia brick phone. Only got a new one after At&t turned off 2g.

this is literally me, except I keep upgrading the Pixel phone from Google

I had the Xiaomi MI5 pro up until 2 days ago when I ran it over with my truck, got the mix2s now good phone

I only upgraded because my lg bootlooped. Messed up my 2fa

this I am buyung a Xiami too, same or better quality without all the brainwashing of dumblets.

Once my contract ends (2 years) I upgrade.

Xaomi seem really like a good brand

I've determined every 3rd release is a good break between upgrades. You will see a significant jump in the tech every 3 years. The camera, storage and screen has had ~2 years of research then a year of implementation.

I went from an S2 to a Oneplus 1 and last month upgraded to Oneplus 6. That's about an average 3 1/2 years per upgrade.

The S2 costed $650, the Oneplus 1 was $500, and the Oneplus 6 was $750. I find it fucking absurd that people are dropping $1000+ on a fucking phone nowdays, especially considering the only difference is the huge margin these companies are now expecting you to cough up.

Oneplus 6 is unironically an excellent phone and competes with IfaggotX and samsung 9 in terms of quality and is almost half the price.

pajeet saudi lenovo ftw
>broken by oreo
nice

I've had the same "smart" phone for 5 years now. Starting to run into problems like no more updates, random glitches and shitty battery life. The planned obsolescence gets you in the end.

every 4-5 years.

They upgrade often when they care about the social status that a smartphone bring.
DESU I used to do it and then Samsung stopped having removable batteries in their devices, since then my S5 has worked well.

user... The oneplus 1 was 300$...
Its now like 100$
t. Still using a oneplus one

Going on 5-year-old Samsung Galaxy Note 3 here. Top of the line in 2013 and I only paid like $250 for it back then. I'm not paying $900+ for a fragile phone with shittier battery life. Using this one until it shits the bed, which is probably never.

Going from iphoneX to iphoxeX pluss as soon as it gets out.

Just because Im not poor.

Stay poor biz

Put your wage into link biz

Complain about rich people biz

Never change biz

I'm quoting in approximate AUD

>5 years now
>planned obsolescence

I buy a new one only when my current is lost or broken. There hasn't been a single reason to upgrade since the advent of the phablet.

It’s actually pretty easy to change the battery in the S7 edge on up.
-t.guy who works in a phone repair shop

Also I would have stayed with the Oneplus one for another 6 months for the Oneplus 6T but my dog chewed my camera so I upgraded early. The 6 is great though, it was a shocking experience to upgrade from such an outdated old POS to such a nice new phone.

Back when there was upgrade pricing, I had two phone lines, and upgraded every year. Shit was nice. Now, it's just wait until something I feel like dropping the money on comes out. Still have a Moto Z Force from 2016, waiting on the Note 9.

Had a note 4. Best fucking phone I ever had.

My parents got me a Moto E. I'm on a family network plan, which is free for me. Good enough.

It was the same story with PCs before ~2006. You had to change it every two years or everything was way too slow. Too big difference in hardware.
Smartphones today need 6GB of ram to function normally.
Even 3GB is agonizing, so many tabs auto closing. A 2+ year smartphone cpu is noticeably slow.
Only since about a year new smartphones are advanced enough to probably last years, as they are as powerful as a pc from ~2010.

hopefully youll be back to being poor cuz you deserve it if you put your money in link

still on an iphone 4S, i think. bought it new in 2012.

This. Every 3 years is my cycle.

s7 here waiting for the s10

almost fell for the s9 meme but i decided against it

same

nah senpai we reached smartphones being good enough to not upgrade every 2 years since 2016

Every six months.

I'm not a poor incel loser like most here.

I upgraded last year from my Note 4 after I finally broke the screen. I try to get 3+ years between upgrades, wtf do normies do on their phone that requires the latest hardware every year? It's not like Twitter and Instagram are resource intensive.

Almost time to change my iPhone 6s, most likely because it's a 16GB and I'm running out of space.

This thread made me realize I need to upgrade to an S9+

T. iPhone 6s+

If there would be actual innovation it would be worth it to upgrade.

But it is almost the same shit just bigger and with minor tweaks + removed headphone jack for giggles so I don't see the point in getting a new phone after 2012

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me on the 2nd to left

I've had my galaxy s4 mini for years now. Still works like a charm, will probably use for years to come. Only had to replace the battery once... costed me 10 bucks or so. *shurgs*

Yeah I don't see me going for a new phone in a decade or two since I just went from a shitty on5 to a galaxy 9.

The majority of people are shallow enough to define their identities through the brand they exhibit.
I blame it on bad parenting the never ending war that marketers wage on our minds.

Are the blackberries the only ones with a physical keyboard?

kek y are u trying so hard

they drop it every time they drink

In the past decade, Nokia N95 > HTC Desire S > Nexus 4 > OnePlus One (current)

Pretty frivolous carry-on seeing as none of them broke or had battery issues before upgrading. They all got passed along or sold.

whoops that should be an N97, had an N95 before that.

>shit android in like 2009 with a 3 inch screen
>always been shit needed to upgrade
>s3 in 2012
>battery started to last 3 hours and everything was slow
>moto g3 in 2015
>fell asleep with it in my hand and i guess i squeezed it too hard and it broke
>nexus 6p in 2016
>charging port stopped working
>moto x4

i only ever upgrade when things go to shit. the only good one was the g3 because it was small and water proof with a plastic back so i didnt have to use a case
i wish you could get a phone that looks like a cheap phone with the internals of a expensive phone.
Plastic and sub 5 inches is the best.

2-4 years depending on functionality

Yeah because they fucking break every two years.

I still use my S5. I am to greedy to buy a new model. Imagine the potential gain you loss not investing in crypto/stocks.

Had flip phone from 2006 to 2013, galaxy s4 from 2013 to 2017, then my current galaxy s7 active

I think i get pretty good mileage out of my phones. Ive never understood why faggot millenials want the new iphone every fucking year, such a waste of money

iFags are even worse. Spending $800+ for a phone, lmao. That's 5 Xiaomis worth.

I know I'm always going to get fucked on this, but what phone steals my personal data the least? I don't want to upgrade to a normalfag type phone like a galaxy and have a bunch of back doors and shit on it. Obviously I sure as hell don't want an iPhag. I do need some more modern hardware than what I have, but everything is made to break these days and I don't want to upgrade in 2 years because I have to.
I'm thinking something Chinese probably? I don't know shit about their phone market, but I always here how their phones are not only cheaper than ours but better in a slew of ways.

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Still own a Nokia Lumia 1020.
Still the best camera in a phone.

Every 4 years or so or when it breaks.

Got a Le PRO 3 for like $130 snapdragon 820 4 gigs ram feels super fast

Changed my previous samsung A3 that I had for 3 years, only changed because of shitty 1900mAh battery, fukin kek

Chinese botnet. STOP FEEDING CHINA.

Something without back doors and chinese? How fucking retarded are you?

>ours

All phones are made by Gooks, except the iPhone (assembled by Gooks)

I'm much more comfortable with Chinese back doors.
I mean the ones marketed to the west.

yes

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Post your Galaxy progressions

S3 -> S4 -> Note 7 -> S7

You prefer feeding the NSA?

Yes, the NSA won't conquer Australia within the next 50 years.

Moto E
Enjoy ball cancer

3 years for me

I've had a Galaxy S4 since release pretty much. It's getting a bit slow now but i'm not really planning to change as long as it continues to work.

Three years, went from a Nexus 5 to a Huawei P10 Pro.

Apple enthusiasts

same boat as you, I love my 6s+ and have replaced the battery, jacks, and screen. I still think its time for an upgrade though. but ill keep this one in my back pocket. its an amazing phone

>ya gotta have it new!!
I had the same shitty flip phone for 4 years before I got a smartphone. In the 4 years since, I have owned 5 smartphones.
>first one, unmarked ZTE on clearance for $30 at wal-mart. root it because its low-powered and kinda shitty. drop it when i drop t-mobile
>second, Moto X 1st Gen, $80, worked great until the charger port stopped working one day.
>third, Nokia Lumia WP, $25, still works. great build quality, great sound, terrible OS
>fourth, Kyocera Hydro Shore, $50 on clearance, worked great until I had it in my pocket at work and cracked the screen past any form of redemption
Now I have a rooted Galaxy Prime. I bought a good case for it and its lasted almost a year.

Huawei is the shit. it can do the same thing as your overpriced Samsung, HTC, Motorola, etc.. brands but costs half the price

Holding onto my iPhone 6s as long as possible

i'm on a 3 year cycle...

just research for good phones and when you find a gem just buy it.

in 2015 i found this killer:

gsmarena.com/lenovo_vibe_shot-7046.php

>sick specs for 2015, looks good AND £300

latest me three years

currently hunting for my next 5" miricle phone now but it's hard because they're all like 6" cucks now.

I am using my FIRST smartphone still, the Samsung Galaxy S5, which I believe I've owned since 2014. It's not PERFECT but it works pretty well and I don't have any immediate need to upgrade.

fyi if anyone suggests an upcoming gem for me, i'll send you 0.05 eth.

Every 2-3 years

blackedberry keyone

>upcoming gem
Oneplus 7

>all this chest-stomping for Trump
>hurr hurr ebil chinese trade war nao
>buys Hauwei, Lenovo or Xiaomi brands

This is the exact problem with Americans and why everyone thinks you are dumb. You rant about muh jobs and muh economy, but play your part to directly contribute to the loss of those jobs by buying cheaper chinese wares. You could literally have stopped China in its tracks without needing trade wars and tariffs and shit, but simply voting with your wallets.

Probably a little big though, I realized, after rereading your post.

I still use pic related because I'm not a retarded consumerist normalfag good goy autist