Comments on: How often do you change over your mobile phone?

By: Kurt

Kurt — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:10:51 +0000

also i change my one bout every year and a half but im traveling to australia and i need a phone to take over there so im getting a new one in 8 months insted of 18

By: Kurt

Kurt — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:09:36 +0000

If i were to buy a phone just the phone from someone not a store does anyone know what id have to do to get it registered i have a sim card is it as siple as plug it in and go or what ?

By: Dylan

Dylan — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:17:17 +0000

I'm 18 and got my first phone when I was 12. That was a Nokia 3310, which lasted 2 odd years. I then upgraded to a colour screen in a Nokia N-gage. This phone died within 3 weeks of having it (great christmas present that year, i was devastated when it happened). I then got a Sagem MyC2-v, which lasted 2 years. I then upgraded to a Nokia 5070 which lasted a few months and then died. I then signed my first 2 year contract and got a Nokia N95. This lasted 8 months before IT died so I decided to pay out hte contract and sign up for an iPhone.

Definitely not had good experiences with Nokia phones.

By: John Lacey

John Lacey — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:52:23 +0000

I’ve only had three different handsets in the last 9 years. But then I doubt I’m statistically representative. I mean I don’t even drool when there are posts about iPhones here. =P

By: jane

jane — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:04:32 +0000

I tend to hold on to one for as long as it will last.
Actually due to phones breaking i have moved back to and old phone that belonged to a friend. Acually i have gotten two old phones from friends that were inperfect working order.

If your not desperate for the newest wizz bang phone it can be easy to get a long well on other peoples handme downs that they don't want any more.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:56:00 +0000

Mine usually end up acting up after 18-24 months, so I replace around the time they drive me crazy.

By: askvictor

askvictor — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:24:15 +0000

I’ve never bought a phone. Hand-me-downs all the way… from a nokia 5110, to a 3110, a short-lived experiment with a cheapo sony-ericson (which fell into the bath while I was talking on it and it survived!), to a motorola flip-phone now. As long as I can easily call, text, and see the time, I don’t need anything fancy. That is, until the convergence arrives, and it’s not proprietary.

By: Leadeye

Leadeye — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:21:20 +0000

So far, I've only ever used hand-me-down phones, which saves money and waste. The shortest length of time that I've had a phone is about 1 month, because it died. The longest is about 4 years. I've been through 4 phones in 8 years.

For the record, I'm NOT considering an iPhone.

By: Kerrie

Kerrie — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:11:56 +0000

I keep mine generally 3-4 years. Sign a 24 month contract and if the mobile is still working at the end of it then there is no need to change. I only use mine for calls and text though.

By: Thom

Thom — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:47:04 +0000

I’ve owned three phones since about 1998 (three of those years were spent in the US where I refused to get a mobile on principle – wasn’t interested in paying to receive calls as well as make them!). Two were pre-paids: the first lasted me about four years before I travelled, the second about two years. I moved to a contract phone just over a year ago and the shift in carrier also required a change to a 3G phone. Incidentally all have been [Sony] Ericssons.

I look after my stuff and I’ve been lucky that a phone has never died on me. My upgrades are prompted mainly by major shifts in technology rather than the desire for new features on the small scale. I’m considering an iPhone at the moment, but am not completely convinced. As the Gershwins sang: “I’m bidin’ my time…”