How often do you upgrade your phone?

[LemiaOfThunder]

Every 2 years

Every 4 Years

Every 6 years

When my contact is up

6 years +

[sawno]

Trying to hold on to my OnePlus 3T as long as I can since I don't like newer phones.
Mine has :
- An OS (Android 10) that doesn't put restrictions on file navigation and the old games still work on it.
- Complete customization without any worries about Safetynet or bricking the phone, and without having to beg the manufacturer for an unlock code.
- Fast performance and 4G calling (The latter one thanks to my modification of the modem), so it should still last me a while and it really isn't worse than many other phone's I see today.
- Physical navigation buttons including a finger print reader at the front.
- A headphone jack
- A notification slider to quickly put the phone on mute

If I switch phones I get a phone which speed doesn't benefit me, that does less things I want and lacks hardware features I enjoy.

[exitseven]

I had a flip phone for so long I could no longer get batteries for it. My wife had a smart phone for so long I could no longer update the OS and could not install the latest apps.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[Dinklex3]

I used to just about every 1 year or 2. Since switching to iPhone (January this year) I don’t feel a need to upgrade. I upgraded my zflip 3 to the z flip 5 though. That was 2 years and i won’t upgrade my iPhone until next year either.

I like it when they keep their value.

[Nikki1989]

Whenever my job gives me a new one.

[Adventurer23]

I don't have a phone, nor do I want or need one. However, I did have one of those old Nokia 3310 phones back in the early 2000s, only because someone I knew had a plan for it, but never used it, so it was given to me. Then about 7-8 years ago I had a brief moment of curiosity, and I bought my friend's old iPhone 5c to see if I really wanted a smartphone or not. I tried it and was like, meh! 🤷🏼‍♂️ Which pretty much summed up how I've always felt about phones in general, so I have no real interest to ever get one again. I actually enjoy life more without one and I live more in the moment by not having one. It's just not for me. Besides, I've saved a lot of money by not having to buy phone plans, phones, etc. over the last 20+ years. For me personally, it's a win-win.

[abc3643]

Only when I have to.

Right now, I am a tad pissed-off. In April 2020, I bought a Google Pixel 4XL from Best Buy. No complaints there and I like the phone although I had to replace it once; I've NEVER had a phone I didn't need to replace except my Motorola Droid 4 which I miss.

Anyway, this phone is not even 4 years old but LAST YEAR, Google would no longer push Android updates to it, so I will be stuck on Android 13 until I get a new phone.

[mikee555]

I had my galaxy note 9 like 4 years. But it was i rough shape with a cracked screen. I decided to get a new google pixel 7 last year. Honestly, i like it and the great news about the google phones is they probably are supported the longest. I think my pixel 7 is supported to 2027 so if i don't manage to crack it by then i can safely use it until 2027.

[IslaTheWitch]

I don't have any specific time span. My Samsung Galaxy 2020 was great and survived 3 years without the fail and i didn't plan to change it anytime soon, but I found under the tree the newest version and slowly migrate to it :D

[jennifer_bloom]

I use the same phone until it breaks down or I see a good deal on a new phone. I’ve had my current phone for around 5 years now. It works perfectly but the screen is scarred and one of the two cameras is blurry.

[rosemilk]

like never lol. unless i truly can't use it anymore. i'm not someone to just get a new phone because i want it, when my current phone works just fine

[slatyb]

When my phone breaks or will no longer run the software I want to run.

[Xepshunall]

When I break mine. Why should I feed the machine. It's me that I want to take care of.

[MikeFrench]

I always have two phones, and I would keep them forever if something new doesn't catch my eye. But the forever thing never happens.

[BCRanger10]

It took dang near six years for my last upgrade.

[TheSpaceGnome]

As long as it still works I don't upgrade, and I don't do contracts. I'm not really into smart phones.

[Sparkie460]

I only get a new one when my phone starts having issues. I get used to the phone and I hate changing it. I wish it would last forever

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

This was just upgraded, but I might be going to a new carrier.

[boobliker]

when it stops working I had a note by samsung and now have there a13/4? it records takes a good photo and works as a two sim phone very well

[LiamJHayden]

Whenever it no longer works. My current one was made in 2016. Still has 92% on original battery.

[Massageman]

Whenever the batteries drop their max charge to about 85% or less- usually every 3-4 years.

[Luméa]

I haven't done this yet but I'm thinking of changing it this summer

[msc545]

About every 4 years. I don't buy anything made by Apple so my phones don't gert purposely trashed by the people that made them.

[iFarted]

Every 3-4 phone generations. in my early 20s it was every year.

[Surely]

Whenever it no longer works or the provider doesn’t provide service for it.