How often do you upgrade to a newer smartphone?
Whenever mine breaks.
>>54983650
this desu senpai
>>54983624
When Verizon let's me get one for free.
Why would anyone do otherwise?
>How often do you upgrade to a newer portable botnet?
When mine becomes annoying to use
when mom wants the phone i have
>>54983624
I've been running on a LG Optimus 3 since like 2013 and I have no reason to change it anytime in the next 15 years.
Every year, but I'm always a couple of years behind so it's cheap.
>>54983661
>When Verizon let's me get one for free
>let's me
>Why would anyone do otherwise?
Confirmed cuck.
When the current one breaks. Comes mostly out at almost once a year. Had this with dumbphones too, I just can't get myself to protect my phone.
>>54983624
Usually >>54983650, which is usually every two years.
However, this time I'm buying a Moto G as soon as it releases because my two years old Huawei has become a unbearable buggy and laggy piece of shit.
>>54983624
Whenever I feel like it.
So far went from an HTC Desire Z (Late 2010)
to a Moto G 2nd gen (Late 2014)
starting to check out the offerings but haven't found anything too appealing yet.. what I really want is a new 5.5" Nexus with 4-6GB ram, mSD and good battery life.
I will never leave my Note 2
Not ever
>>54983624
When it either gets stolen or two years pass since I got it.
whenever my phone breaks and it becomes not worth ot to repajr, generally about 3 years
>>54983725
I'm legitimately serious, I got a droid max for free last year and It's been just fine.
>>54983715
Don't.
I bought a MXPE and so much has gone wrong with it since september (light bleed, charging issues).
Lenovo literally killed the brand i used to love so much.
>>54983624
1-2 years
As soon as one of my relatives upgrades and I get their previous phone for free
Two years, if it lasts.
The least amount of time I've gone between upgrades would be the Zenfone 2 to my Mi5. The ZF2 is just way too big, don't fall for the 5.5" may may.
>>54983842
Listen, Verizon is cucking you a memetastic way. You are not having phones "for free" your a paying an overpriced contract with allow you to change phone every year, you pay ways more than the real cost of the phone + contract every year
>>54983624
Still on my first one, so...
every year, when the new iPhone is come out
>>54983624
When the battery goes since it's not like they are really easily replaceable now. Plus, at that point the phone is long obsolete, so a bulging battery bending the case is a good excuse.
>>54983946
Meh, it's my parent's money so I'm not paying a dime anyway :^)
>>54984001
You better work hard
>>54983983
Would you buy a car that doesn't let you swap the wheels?
>>54984033
I'm not some basement dweller NEET, I'll say that much.
I haven't yet. Still have the same chink phone for almost four years now.
>>54983624
I get multiple from work every year thrice a year I guess.
>>54983624
Once a year. If there's nothing I like I keep waiting.
>tfw using a nokia
>not even a flip phone, an actual brick
its barely older than I am
>>54983624
Every year.
>>54983624
Every two years
>>54983624
Every three years
>>54983624
When the current one gets unusably slow
So every few years
>>54984049
Nah. I know it's possible in smartphones-I've done it for other people. I've never had a battery go out on me and the first phone I had lasted 10+ years until I moved and have to change carrier and got this smartphone which I have had for a couple years no problems. I generally use electronics until they are notably obsolete and then break enough to not be worth fixing. I got nine years from my last computer until the motherboard died. Dual core from the time when they were just announcing motherboards with dual dual core processors, lasted through quad core up through a few generations of i3.
But, I do repairs on things-stuff designed to be disposable generally has poor part availability after a while. At that point, if you take good care of your devices they can outlast affordable parts or available parts and make just replacing them cheaper.
I'd love to see a smartphone with a replaceable battery though so I don't need to try and design my own.
Every 6 months. I have shekels.
>>54984001
>using the smiley with a carat nose
When mine look like it been trough several wars and about to receive a Purple Heart.
>>54983650
Essentially this.
>>54983661
>Go to after Xmas
>Deciding between Sony, HTC, and droid turbo
>Sony $300
>HTC $200
>Droid $1
>Wait what
>$1 promo deal. Just renew contract and pay tax on phone
>Pay $67 for phone
>Never had a problem with it
>Will likely keep it till it eventually dies or we get a better successor than the turbo 2
I went from a Nexus 4 to a Note 2, to a Note 3, back to the Note 2 and I'm kind of wondering if it's even worth upgrading when all I do on my phone is email and post on 4chan.
When dad upgrades his, I upgrade to what he upgrades from.
>Not even joking.
>Not even below 25
Just upgraded
>Got a Galaxy S2 in 2012
>Just used it for Reddit
>Never bothered to upgrade
>Just changed networks and got a Moto X play on it
>Now I can actually do stuff
i get the latest nexus every time
can't wait for next generation, 6p was a let down
>>54985144
As far as my uses on a phone go (texting, email, twitter, browsing, gps) I can't really tell a difference between my first gen Moto G and my current Nexus 6
>>54983661
>When Verizon let's me
>When Verizon let us me
>let us me
>>54983624
How often do I buy a new NSA spytool? once every 6 months because I'm an Apple™ fan! =)
Every month
When the urge strikes.
>tfw glorious s7 edge is not a meme
>>54983624
Every six months usually. Got the s7 edge on announcement. Can't wait to buy the note 6 in a few months time.
I haven't. Still have the same Nexus 4 from when it came out a few years ago. I'll buy a new one when this breaks
I wish I was rich so I could buy every single shitphone in the entire area and crush them all while all the fucking people brainwashed by this shit technology watches and cries.
when it breaks, when it gets slow, when i find a phone that's better that i want to upgrade it to
currently using an s5, have no problems with it. except for finger print reader requiring swiping, and locked bootloader (difficult to install custom ROMs)
>>54983725
>feed bait
>feed
>bait
What?
Once a year
>>54983624
>shit first smartphone
Needed to check emails on the go
Had extra money, tired of a ten second delay opening k9
>nexus 4
Great phone, no sd card, shit battery
Traveling overseas January this year, decided to treat myself to a phone that would last the day, also I was a bit lost in the afternoons without maps
>Moto g 3ed
Going to keep using this for the foreseeable future
>>54988453
4/10 you almost got me
>>54984623
Last year I bought a replacement battery for my Nexus 4... and then a replacement screen
>>54983650
This.
Basically every few years. My previous phone actually lasted me through all of high-school and beyond.
Current phone has only lasted about a year and a half though, and is quickly breaking down, seeing as I intentionally got a cheap model.
Last time I upgraded I went from a Nexus 4 to a G4. I regret it, this phone has been giving me nothing but problems so I'm going to get whichever new Nexus phone that comes out this year.
Confession: I don't have a smartphone
Never. Using my Nexus 5 since launch. Before that I had a flip phone since 2008.
>>54983624
I don't really.
They all seem shit these days.
Can't seem to get smooth running, good battery, and good storage amount in a single phone even if you are willing to pay out the ass for it.
>>54983650
this
before i would switch when technology became obsolete and i have enough money to buy decent new phone but last few broke way before that happened
Well, I got my current one 6 years ago.
Multiple times a year, i trade on craigslist all the time. Only spend 100 bucks every year to trade w.e phone i have for the latest note/note edge
>>54983624
Whenever I feel like it. Given BlackBerry seems to have given up on BB10OS I probably won't be upgrading for years.
>had N95 8gb shortly after release
>then N9 shortly after release
>now Note 3 for 2 years
maybe will change for new nexus/OnePlus 3
Give me one single good reason why I should upgrade from my 1st gen Moto G
>>54990455
No.
>>54983624
whenever it dies
>>54983624
When something 2x better appears(that's me general rule for all hardware) or >>54983650
>>54983624
I still have the Nexus 5 and I don't plan on changing it.
>>54983624
When it breaks.
I used a galaxy ace 2 from 2012 to 2015 and when I finally got a new phone (wileyfox swift, nothing fancy) I was blown away with how much better it felt in general use. No more slow as shit OS and being frustrated by outdated android.
>>54983624
I have never had a smartphone.
How does this make you feel, /g/?
Got my first cell phone in 2003, a Nokia.
Got my second cell phone, a Samsung 5230 in 2011. Still use it.
>>54990620
Why you not having smartphone should make us feel something?
>>54983624
I am getting a new one whenever I feel like my phone is not doing what I want it to do, or when a new phone has some features I crave. I went from Siemens CX75 to N900 because CX75 broke, and then I went to Xperia Pro because web browsing on N900 sucked, and jabber went out of fashion, after that I got Photon Q, because Xperia Pro's screen died on me. Kinda like this.
>>54990657
>gran autismo
Whenever a phone fucks up, usually ends up being like 2 years
Just got the Nexus 5x, it's awesome.
>>54983624
I just switched from HTC one mini 2 to LG G4.
This one is so fast that I think it will last for 3 years.
>>54990762
2 GB of ram. That's the only thing that kept me away from buying it.
never
Smart phones are consumer toys.
>>54990928
yes, if you don't leave your mother's basement.
>>54983624
When you give me a valid reason of abandoning my Note II.
>>54984049
Yes as I'm not a nigger, spic, or redneck
>>54983624
Whenever I feel like. Whether that's 3 years or one, it's just whenever I feel the upgrade is worth it.
>>54983624
First smartphone was/is a Nexus 5 I bought on launch day (Halloween 2013). I really have no plans to upgrade as nothing on the market is actually an upgrade.
Last 5 years i have been only using samsung, still don't regret it, they keep on making better looking phones every year, i just sell my last year model to some poor cocksucker who will usually buy it gladly and pay for my new just released better looking samsung smartphone.
The peasent cocksuckers pay almost 70% of the new phone price, what an idiots, gotta love em.
>>54992283
>buying a new phone every year
I think we all know who the real cocksucker is
>when it breaks
At least try to fix it. I thought my power button broke but it just needed to be cleaned with IPA and compressed air.
>when the battery life gets shit
Then get a new and better battery
>when it becomes annoying slow
Then just clean flash a new ROM/modem/kernel
Been using my Galaxy s3 since 2012
>>54983872
I had the complete opposite experience. Moto X Pure is hands down the best phone I've ever used. Sounds like you got a defective phone.
>>54990620
having google maps, bus times, reminders and stuff on the go is pretty great. I travel a lot and get lost quite often. Also whatsapp/telegram etc groups are a really convenient way of keeping me connected to my family day to day, wherever they are.
i think i'd miss that stuff most if i moved to a dumb phone. the other stuff is whatever. im like you though - rarely upgrade unless it dies.
what am i meant to feel?
>>54983624
whenever my current one dies, usually every year but at the rate im going looks like my note 5 will last atleast 2 years.
2 years
>>54992130
Literally everything on the market is an upgrade
>>54983624
Every 3 - 4 years
>>54992652
Another GB of RAM and a tablet sized screen? Whoop-de-doo, Basil
I've only ever had two. The first one I kept for 2 years and this second one was 2 years old in april and I have no intention of replacing it for at least another year or two.
>>54990455
To get a larger phone that substitutes as a dildo, and being the queers people are you need 5 inches or more
Other than that, no reaon, i dont see the idea of having phones so large you cant pocket them
Just get a fucking tablet if all you do is multi media bs on it.
>>54983650
It always ends up being a faulty touch screen for me.
>>54992652
good goyim
I got a Note 1 new, and upgraded to S6 Edge+ last year.
Figure I won't upgrade again till 2019 or so.
>>54983650
Have to go with this answer.
My Nokia N8 lasted me for 5 years until it broke.
Now I have the Z3C but since nowadays absolutely everything is made out of god damn glass, I'm fairly certain that this isn't going to last that long.
I'll give it 2-3 years until I have to buy a new one.
>>54993683
fucking glass/metal meme materials
plastic is way fucking better than both when it comes to things like phones.
>>54983650
Either this, on when the software gets really outdated and ROMs aren't an alternative.
This was the case with my first phone. I was using a samsung phone that ran Gingerbread all the way until Marshmallow was released. The ROMs for that phone were horrible.
Then I bought an Xperia SP, which ran 4.3 or something and to this day I'm satisfied with it - I can't see myself updating soon.
As long as it last. I dropped $1,000 on my phone with no carrier so I could save money on a pay as you go no contract plan. Saves me in the long wrong assuming I don't go over on my data plan.
Currently rocking a Note 5, really fucking like it, upgraded from a shitty LG G3. Tbh I don't know when I am going to upgrade, maybe in a year or something.
Got my first phone in 2000ish and since then I've had 3 phones.
My Galaxy S5 was my first smart phone which I got shortly after launch.
I'm having an upgrade opportunity next month so I plan to upgrade at some point. Dunno what to though. I'm still ok with the S5, but the touch controls have been wonky recently and if it gets worse I'll probably upgrade sooner than later
>>54993845
>1k on a phone
retard
>>54983740
Are you me nigga since DEC 2012 ?
I'm on official CM13 nightlies 6-9-2016 build atm
The phone feels brand fucking new
Xposed and blakkat cm13 theme
On Verizon unlimited data too
Never of I can help it.
Oneplus One user nearly 2 years strong, do not want another phone.
>>54991451
There ate fucking none
Got a moto x pure 2 times returned if after a week for a full refund back on the note 2
what's the strongest android phone out right now?
I wanna emulate shit on it. Is there ps2 android emulation?
>>54996476
S7?
Currently trying to decide.
Have an iPhone 5c because my college was very Apple-centric, now I would love to get an Android again but can't decide what (if anything) would be worthwhile.
Would like to spend less than $350 and have been waiting for the OnePlus 3...
Worth upgrading now or no?
There is really no fucking need to upgrade your phone if it doesnt brake.
Hell if I bought a new phone right now as a "upgrade" from the one I have right now, I would not get any fucking noticable difference.
Like people who upgrade from a 5s to 6s. Or any brand at that. Its just consumerist bulshit so you spend your shekkels so you can fucking check facebook faster and waste your time on fucking brainkilling cancerous technology ...
TL:DR
Upgrading phones is a meme
I bought a 1st gen moto G 4G in 2015 on purpose over the 2nd gen and a lot of other phones.
fucking tablet phones lately, just give us 1st gen size and improve on bezels and hardware.
>>54983739
check out oneplus 3 mate
I have the X and it's basically the perfect phone
when i'm due for an upgrade? i just upgraded to a samsung galaxy s6 yesterday from a htc one mini. My HTC is almost un-usable at this point even after owning it for only two years. Why do smartphones deteriorate so quickly now? I feel like i'm just waiting for my new samsung to start lagging and slowing down my internet for no reason at this point.
>>54996535
>Have an iPhone 5c because my college was very Apple-centric
Seriously?
got a 5s since 2014, probably never
>>54983624
When it breaks or start being slow as fuck. So far my very old Xperia Z1 still does excels at everything I throw at it.
I have an iphone 4...should I upgrade to galaxy s7 or wait for next year?
>>54983624
z5 yes or no? my g4 is shitting out on me.
>>55000400
Wait next year if you can put up with using iOS
>>55000418
Nigger, Sony is the patrician choice for phones. Literally perfection. Do it.
>>55000428
whats rumored for next year in galaxy land?
>>55000479
IDK but the S7 doesn't really seem a big step up on S6. S8 will probably be different enough.
>>54983624
We'll I'm paying around 60 bucks a month and basically every time my contract is about to expire, my provider offers me a ''''Free'''' ~600 bucks phone, so that I stay on the contract.
I believe that 2 years is a reasonable time span to upgrade. Battery life and performance is usually noticeably better and when you've been fucked by your manufacturer and don't want to bother rooting, there's also always a newer version of android to enjoy. Latest phones were
HTC Desire HD > Samsung Galaxy S3 > Samsung Galaxy Note 4
Planning to get a Note 6/7. Not that I have any reason to upgrade right now, but I do really enjoy Samsung's newer designs and battery life improvements.
>>55000703
why a note over a galaxy s?
