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I love how this article reminded me how I am apparently out of touch with reality and why I should never assume anything I do would be representative of the gen
by wink 10y ago
I love how this article reminded me how I am apparently out of touch with reality and why I should never assume anything I do would be representative of the general public :)
> How many mobile phones have you owned in your lifetime? Given that we upgrade to a new smartphone on average every 11 months, it’s unlikely any of us could answer this question with any certainty.
Easy: Nokia, Siemens, Nokia, HTC, HTC, Nexus (current) - that's since 2001 with no gap
> The next question is likely to be even harder: what happened to all your old phones?
Also easy, they're all in a drawer, right here. Except the currently used one, of course.
- urza 10y agoGot my first phone in 1998 - Nokia 5110, since then: Siemens c35i, Nokia 7210, HTC Touch, Samsung Galaxy Note 2 which I use still today. I never understoon the need to upgrade every year or even every two years, just to have the latest model. I upgrade only when the old one stops working or when new model offers some fundamental improvements like "colorful display" or "android operating system" :)
- agumonkey 10y agoHehe, same here. I assume there's a ton of pre smartphone cemetary-drawers in the world. Ah the joy of week long battery life, good old past.
- dragontamer 10y agoNokia (snake forever), Pantec Duo (what a shitty phone), Palm smartphone, LG Android, Motorola Android x2 (Dropped it which destroyed the screen. Liked it enough to buy another one which was cheaper than a screen replacement), Windows Lumia. Since roughly 2003.