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Do people actually manage to keep their phones working for a year at a time? (Without using ridiculously bulky cases that look more like they belong in a warzon

by ryanlol 11y ago

Do people actually manage to keep their phones working for a year at a time? (Without using ridiculously bulky cases that look more like they belong in a warzone) I end up replacing mine almost quarterly.

TACIXAT 11y ago
I average about 1.75 years, my last few phones I've called a few months before the renewal to ask for an early upgrade. They make these things so fragile I'm sure they're replaced way more often than expected. I did get the S5 Active as my last phone and it has taken some abuse. Things that should have broken the screen have just left deep nicks.
7Z7 11y ago
>I end up replacing mine almost quarterly. That seems insane to me. I don't use a case or bumper, and have never crack a screen or had cause to have my phone need replacing - other than in-warranty battery issues. The phone I'm using now is the iPhone 5, from 3 years ago. Before this I've been on a 2 year cycle. And I certainly don't kid-glove my phones. What has you replacing so often?
mdorazio 11y ago
My last phone lasted over 3 years, and I'm on year 2 with my current one. Are yours dying due to drops?
dsr_ 11y ago
Motorola Droid; Samsung Galaxy Nexus; LG G2. Each of these has lasted about 2 years of daily usage. I put the Droid and Nexus into service as alarm clocks for another 2 years apiece.
ghshephard 11y ago
My iPhone 4S (purchased on the week it came out) still going strong, albeit with a $115 screen repair when I dropped mine on concrete.
- DanBC 11y ago
  Have you upgraded the OS? To what version?
  - ghshephard 11y ago
    iOS 8.3
maccard 11y ago
2-3 years between upgrades for me. I had a 3G, then a 4s, and now a 6. I'll skip the next (post 6s) cycle and probably upgrade then again. What do you do to your phones that makes you need to upgrade them more regularly than annually (which is crazy still)
yoodenvranx 11y ago
In the last 4-5 years I owned exactly 3 phones: iPhone 3gs, Moto G 1st gen and a Moto G 2nd gen. All phones are in perfect working order with intact screens altough I don't use any cases. I only upgraded each time because I needed a faster phone, not because it was broken. Currently I am thinking about upgrading again, but unfortunately there is no good phone on the market for me at the moment.
raldi 11y ago
I'm still using my 4S from 2011, and I've been using the hell out of it literally every day over that timespan, and have never owned a phone case. How do yours break?

by ryanlol 11y ago

TACIXAT 11y ago

I average about 1.75 years, my last few phones I've called a few months before the renewal to ask for an early upgrade. They make these things so fragile I'm sure they're replaced way more often than expected. I did get the S5 Active as my last phone and it has taken some abuse. Things that should have broken the screen have just left deep nicks.

7Z7 11y ago

>I end up replacing mine almost quarterly. That seems insane to me. I don't use a case or bumper, and have never crack a screen or had cause to have my phone need replacing - other than in-warranty battery issues. The phone I'm using now is the iPhone 5, from 3 years ago. Before this I've been on a 2 year cycle. And I certainly don't kid-glove my phones. What has you replacing so often?

mdorazio 11y ago

My last phone lasted over 3 years, and I'm on year 2 with my current one. Are yours dying due to drops?

dsr_ 11y ago

Motorola Droid; Samsung Galaxy Nexus; LG G2. Each of these has lasted about 2 years of daily usage. I put the Droid and Nexus into service as alarm clocks for another 2 years apiece.

ghshephard 11y ago

My iPhone 4S (purchased on the week it came out) still going strong, albeit with a $115 screen repair when I dropped mine on concrete.

DanBC 11y ago
Have you upgraded the OS? To what version?
- ghshephard 11y ago
  iOS 8.3

maccard 11y ago

2-3 years between upgrades for me. I had a 3G, then a 4s, and now a 6. I'll skip the next (post 6s) cycle and probably upgrade then again. What do you do to your phones that makes you need to upgrade them more regularly than annually (which is crazy still)

yoodenvranx 11y ago

In the last 4-5 years I owned exactly 3 phones: iPhone 3gs, Moto G 1st gen and a Moto G 2nd gen. All phones are in perfect working order with intact screens altough I don't use any cases. I only upgraded each time because I needed a faster phone, not because it was broken. Currently I am thinking about upgrading again, but unfortunately there is no good phone on the market for me at the moment.

raldi 11y ago

I'm still using my 4S from 2011, and I've been using the hell out of it literally every day over that timespan, and have never owned a phone case. How do yours break?