How often do you change your mobile phone and/or other gadgets?

when it stops working

Used to change the phone on a regular basis. Never used to keep a phone for more than a year, that is until I bought a nokia touchscreen (Just to keep up with the jones's ) which lasted me for over 15 months until I broke it. The next touch screen phone was just painful to use so 3 months that lasted me and went back to a nokia c5, and that will do until it breaks. Sick of phones. The 3310 was the best phone ever made, mine took some abuse and never broke. Phones these days are shyte. They don't make them like they used to

As for Ipods, never had one and don't really want one. Don't need to be wired up listening to music all the time.

I've had the same phone for about 6 years now, iPod 4 years, laptop 3 years, TV 3 years.

As above, I only change something when it refuses to work. Though when it comes to phones I think I'm going to be left behind in my ability to use the technology. I borrowed someone's phone the other day because I had no credit and had to make an urgent call, I couldn't make the call because there were no numbers on the phone!

I'll keep it as long as its still functioning, at which point I'll buy the cheapest equivalent I can find.

Not as often as I used to. Up until recently I was changing often because of the hardware, but now that has reached a point where the benefit doesn't justify the price. These days it's mostly about the software and most devices can be upgraded to provide new functionality without requiring new hardware.

Whenever it stops working. I've had my current phone for about 2 years now and it's still going good.

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*swoons*

Sarcasm?

I'll probably keep my phone for yonks (and I've had it for yonks.) Battery life is the best thing about old phones.

I have an iPod Touch I bought last Christmas, and I find I only use it for the internet and music. Internet when I'm on the bog, in bed, at friends places, in a café or in a pub. I don't see myself upgrading it because I don't tax the hardware. The only thing that would make me do it is if the rumour that Apple are releasing an iPod Touch with a sim card slot is true, I might get that. The idea is that it's cheap to make becuase it cuts out 90% of the phone stuff, and because it's cheap you don't need the mobile companies subsidising it, so you can get a PAYG Sim Card and use it for data the odd time I'd need the internet on the hop. Pretty good idea, mobile internet without the €35 minimum 18 month contract. And you get to keep your old phone with the decent battery life. I just figure the mobile companies wouldn't be happy as I can imagine a fair amount of people avoiding smartphones entirely if this option was available.

Apart from that, I bought a new PC last year, and I figure I'll get another two years out of it before I start looking at upgrades.

And the best (and only) gadget I bought in recent months is a satellite tuner for my PC, which I doubt I'll need to upgrade for years.