Tech How often do you get a new cell phone?
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Every two years when my contract is up. To me, any more often than that is a ridiculous waste of money (unless, obviously, the phone is nonfunctional for some reason). You'll spend untold amounts of money in your lifetime trying to have the latest, greatest thing because tech companies make their millions making sure that you can never have it for too long. I worked at Best Buy for 3 years during college, and if it taught me anything, it's that buying a new cell phone (or computer, or anything) whenever something new comes out is EXACTLY what they want you to do, and you're just screwing yourself. If you have money to burn, then whatever, but if you're on any kind of budget, I just can't imagine buying phones for fun.
I also get kind of attached to my phones, like an old friend, you know? I'm up for a new one in a couple weeks, and while I think it'll be fun to have something new, part of me doesn't even want something different. My phone is scratched through the black enamel to the metal in a ton of places, and it got makeup stuff stuck in all its little seams, but I love the thing and it's done a great job for me. It's just a regular, thin flip phone, and the only upgrade I even want is a full keyboard for texting. I wouldn't use nearly enough of the features of something like a Blackberry or HTC.
I also get kind of attached to my phones, like an old friend, you know? I'm up for a new one in a couple weeks, and while I think it'll be fun to have something new, part of me doesn't even want something different. My phone is scratched through the black enamel to the metal in a ton of places, and it got makeup stuff stuck in all its little seams, but I love the thing and it's done a great job for me. It's just a regular, thin flip phone, and the only upgrade I even want is a full keyboard for texting. I wouldn't use nearly enough of the features of something like a Blackberry or HTC.
Whenever I lose it or it's time to renew my plan. I'm faithful to Nokia because no matter how hard I throw them, drop them, or generally mistreat them, they never break.
Phones are among that maverick category of items whose prices consistently go down. Thus, a phone with any camera/video capacity that a couple of years ago cost $300 is today the "free" upgrade phone.
So my dream of a full text keyboard is probably about a year and $20 (assuming that the "free upgrade fee" will rise to that from $18.50).
You let your phone go out in public nude? Hmm. Well, that is very modern, I'm sure, but my phone is always fully clothed, even when it is just enjoying a relaxing charge at home.
It has always wanted to be blinged, but it can't because its clothes are too tight. (They are not slutty, though. They are very tasteful tight clothes).
It has 4 outfits, one light blue, one brown, one black, and one pink. It is always whining and nagging at me to bling the black one, pointing out that it is a hand-me-down from Mr Puff's late phone, because it did not fit his upgrade**, and that it had gotten so used to only having 3 outfits that it just doesn't reach for the black one that often, and sometimes forgets it is there, but if it were blinged it would always remember it was there, and it would not feel under-dressed on festive occasions. (It never felt under-dressed before it got that black outfit and started having these visions of how nice it would look with pearls).
I guess I probably will eventually break down and do it so that it will shut up, but I don't have the patience to glue on individual 2mm flatback rhinestones, I will have to come up with a quick and dirty but timelessly elegant blinging solution. I know it wants pearls, so I have told it that we will see.
Ever since somebody on here posted a pic of their phone's bed, complete with comforter and fuzzy slippers, my phone has also been wheedling for furniture. That's right. It does not want just a bed, it wants a canopy bed, with a bedside rug, preferably fluffy, if it can't have an Ishfahan, which it knows very well it can't, and an armoire for its clothes.
It does not feel that keeping its wardrobe in a plastic shoebox from the Dollar Store is dignified. It even called it "ghetto" once, but I let it know in no uncertain terms that I considered that kind of language to be inappropriate and offensive, so since then, it has been careful to say "undignified," and throw in these little digs about how if I really liked it I would get it some nice bedroom furniture. It is just trying to make me feel guilty. It knows very well that if I had really wanted to, I could have scraped up another $18.50 and upgraded it a couple of months ago.
That is just plain weird.
**(Mr Puff's new phone only has one outfit, but it is basic black with silver accents and suitable for all occasions. Neither of us would dream of rocking naked phones. We are just not that kind of people, no offense to those who are).
I get a new phone maybe every two years. Since mid-2005, however I've used one Razr (which I didn't like) and I've had two Treo 650s, one Treo 700p (which I'm currently using) and a Treo 700wx (which I'm also currently using although I don't like it much). I just got my most recent Treo a few months back, and I'm satisfied with both phones, and don't see myself upgrading again soon, unless I decide to go for a Centro.
I like what Palms can do.
I like what Palms can do.
I'm on my 6th phone in 7 years! I started college in 2005 and the phone I currently have is my 5th since then. I have an issue, but I think I'm finally happy with my BlackBerry Pearl! It took a lot to learn that I prefer a candy bar style, but I also like to have a smartphone.
i'm always the one with the oldest design for cell phones... i change it once every few years.
i use them until they can't function anymore or until they are too ugly to be taken out. i hate the part where i have to start up the new phone by putting in dates, time, setting up the gprs services.... make sure that all contacts are in the sim instead of in the phone.... so i rarely change cell phones....
i use them until they can't function anymore or until they are too ugly to be taken out. i hate the part where i have to start up the new phone by putting in dates, time, setting up the gprs services.... make sure that all contacts are in the sim instead of in the phone.... so i rarely change cell phones....
I've had my Magenta Razr for over 2 years.....it still works, so i'm keeping it. I'm rather fond of that phone, lol.
everytime i lose it, lol! but really, I don't have time to get bored of my cell phones, because I always lose them before. Usually it's between half and one year but this summer I lost 2 phones in 1,5 weeks time 
I should be more responsible for my things i guess.
I should be more responsible for my things i guess.