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

Dan Chipowski · 01-08-2011 02:56PM

When it breaks.

That's the only reason I change anything.

Tazium · 01-08-2011 03:06PM

Simply put, it depends.

A digital year is approximately 3 months. Companies such as Apple contain that and use it to their advantage with their programmed product refreshes. Others such as HTC (as an example in contrast to Apple) have saturated the market with their products which have widely varying degrees of specifications. Nokia used to do this too.

Personally, if the tech has advanced enough to offer advantages that suit my use of the tech, then I'll upgrade. My current mobile cell is 11 months old.

ItsNoAlias · 01-08-2011 03:06PM

When my rotarty dail breaks....

But mostly when the company offer me a value for money upgrade. Got an Iphone 17 months ago... worst phone I have ever owned and I despise it:mad:.

Tar.Aldarion · 01-08-2011 03:09PM

im still on my first phone, for 9 years now.

Novella · 01-08-2011 03:12PM

I've had my phone since Christmas and I'll keep it 'til it breaks. I'm not really a gadget person.

OneArt · 01-08-2011 06:00PM

I've a phone for text and calls and an MP3 music and I keep both for as long as is possible. I got an iTouch for Christmas from my parents (I guess they were out of ideas since I never ask for anything) and it's just collecting dust... My older MP3 holds more music and has a longer battery and its a two-year-old Sony! Also touchscreen drive me mad. Although the iTouch does make a handy camera I suppose...

x_Ellie_x · 01-08-2011 08:31PM

When something breaks. I've had my mobile phone for 9 months, the one before that I had for 3 years. My ipod is 3 years old. The laptop that I'm typing on now I've had since 15/02/2005 (just checked in my computer) but I've given it upgrades. I've got a PS1 lying around here somewhere but I rarely play it anymore cause most of the games I had for it have gone missing. Oh and I've got a commodore 64 from 1986 & about 30 games for it in a box under my bed.

manual_man · 01-08-2011 08:36PM

i'd change my phone every year or 2 to have the latest tech. other gadgets not so much

Cantona's Collars · 01-08-2011 08:38PM

Used to update my phone regularly but only changed to my new one as the old model started acting up and I got the replacement cheap.
Went from PS1 to PS2 then PS3.All were bought on launch day and cost a small fortune at the time but I got good value out of them.
People have asked me why I haven't swapped my laptop for an Ipad which I would find less useful to me and a waste of money which is my thinking lately for a lot of tech stuff (although I did splash out on a 47" LED tv)

Professey Chin · 01-08-2011 08:39PM

Yearly if not less for phones.
Im a phone whore

Saila · 01-08-2011 11:04PM

Aldebaran wrote: »

My Sony Ericsson has been going strong for over 2 years now. Don't plan on getting a new phone until this one packs it in.

kfallon wrote: »

I've had the same mobile for about 6-7 years, it still rings and texts, I don't need anything else tbh

Ive had my sony erricsson for about the same as the 2nd post, still going strong :cool:

Mike 1972 · 01-08-2011 11:16PM

When Ive finally got my head around where in the menus the various functions are buried and get up to speed with using them while figuring out hacks and workarounds to address the idiocy of the software designers.

Then its back to square 1

coffeelover · 01-08-2011 11:24PM

I used to change it every few months. Now it's every couple of years.

Storminateacup · 01-08-2011 11:27PM

I dont really care about gadgets but my oh is a gadget whore.
so, i change it when he thinks i should.

i always have to have the newest iPhone though.

01-08-2011 11:28PM

No set period for me, depends on how well it works out. I kept the same phone, a Nokia 6680, for almost 5 years. Kept my previous phone for a year.

x in the city · 01-08-2011 11:52PM

SparkyTech wrote: »

How often do you change your mobile and other pieces of technology to the ''latest'' version?

Are you someone who, like me, uses an ainchent brick of a phone bought for the lowest possible price for as long as is fessiable, or do you HAVE to have the latest BlackBerry?

What about Le ipod, will the old one where you scroll around the button with your fingers suffice, or would you not be seen dead without a touchscreen?

I miss the days of Windows 95, Nokia 3310's with Snake, and the PS1

i have an AyePod

love it...

robman60 · 02-08-2011 01:12AM

My last mobile phone was almost six years old. I don't see the point in replacing it if all the main functions are still intact. I buy new consoles when a large development has taken place and others are moving to a different console.

kincsem · 02-08-2011 01:25AM

bw wrote: »

Who in God's name changes their phone every 1-4 months?
Change the poll. Add more various YEARLY options.

Change the poll to show
DON'T HAVE A MOBILE PHONE.

- bo - · 02-08-2011 01:34AM

Desktop is about 7 years old, Laptop (MacBook) is 3 years old, iPod about the same, phone (Nokia C3 I think it's called? with the Qwerty keypad) a couple of months old.

I hate touchscreen phones. They have to have buttons. And I like the Qwerty pad, hate spending ages texting. I only change my phone when it breaks (very often)/get one as a present/I get pissed and let it fall into the jacks.

seanybiker · 02-08-2011 01:35AM

This is the longest I've ever had a phone. Have this one 7 months now.

Zebra3 · 02-08-2011 01:39AM

stovelid wrote: »

People that insist on ostentatiously flaunting ancient phones are no less annoying than gadget freaks. Possibly more actually.

Never met anyone who actually does that.

Replace my own stuff when it ceases to work and in the case of my mobile when I lose it when I'm out.*

*i.e. pissed :pac:

Balfie · 02-08-2011 01:43AM

had me laptop about 3 years, it only recently kicked the bucket.. The phone I have now I have about a year, I had got a touch screen an couldn't stand it, so I got one with buttons an its fine, I can txt, call an use wifi on it, So I'm happy, playstation I have 2 years..

Washington Irving · 02-08-2011 01:55AM

Had my previous phone for 3 years before the buttons stopped working. Got a new Ipod 6 months ago after I filled the last one. I usually get new consoles at release but they only really come out every 5/ 6 years

mikemac · 02-08-2011 04:40AM

I get about three and a half years from each mobile.
Nokias are as sturdy as they come

Though I used to be a fan of Siemens phones and just a hint of water like answering a call outside in drizzle and they'd be cutting out for days

So yeah, a mobile does me over three years

iMac is three years old and tbh I don't play many games so I see no reason to upgrade. I'll get another three years out of it.
Though I bought a game in March and I can see the iMac is struggling with it and I had to adjust the graphics way down

ipod is two years old, I had a newer model but I broke it and the old one was just as good. I'll keep this another year and see what the next version is like

Richard Hillman · 02-08-2011 05:33AM

I get a new phone every year as a treat for myself, usually around my birthday. I wouldn't spend anything over 80 quid on one.

Mint Sauce · 02-08-2011 10:18AM

Used to change my mobile every year when the contract was up. Have now had the same mobile for over two years.

On my 4th MP3 in about 5 or 6 years. Although only paid for two. Second was a replacement under waranty. Fourth was a competition prize.

Same laptop for 4 years. Second one.

Used to have reputation for buying gadgets, even bought a mini-disk player

, can no longer afford them at the mo. Am after a new GPS watch, current one is about four years old and is going to have to do for another while.

latenia · 02-08-2011 10:26AM

I still use a Dell tower from 2001 at home-it has 512k of RAM, an 80g HD and a pentium III processor.

stovelid · 02-08-2011 10:56AM

irish-stew wrote: »

Used to change my mobile every year when the contract was up. Have now had the same mobile for over two years.

Can see where people are going in a way. I changed to my current phone when the old contract expired as it had a much larger screen which I wanted. The phone before than I changed to because it was my first smart phone and I wanted one. The current phone has everything I really need though and the chances of newer phones having much more than I now have are dwindling so I'll probably hold on to this one for longer.

shannon_tek · 02-08-2011 11:05AM

Ya im a yearly person. im a little late going onto 2 years now but im thinking going in during the week to get a phone

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

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