How long has your Smartphone lasted

I wonder about either your memory for dates , or your ability to count op !!!
I think I got 3 or 4 years out of my first smart phone ...
And it's gone down hill since then ..

I have a Nokia n95 that still works. Early nouughties I think

iphone 6 since 2015, not intending to change soon

iPhone 7, lasted four years and then the microphone broke.

My Sony experia is 3 years old, when I charge it, it says 1day 10 hours , but I only use it for a radio, watching YouTube videos and playing podcasts, i usually use it in airplane mode .
I charge it til it says 98 per cent on screen.
I expect to get another 2 year s out of it.
People buy a phone every year, because phones are cheap, android os is updated every 2 years
If you use a phone as part of your job you can claim a tax credit
So you may as well buy an expensive iPhone or a hi spec android phone
I bought a new android phone 6 inch screen cost 100 euro new in a 3 store
and it has a headphone socket
It lasts about 12 hours on 4g Internet
Web browsing in battery saver mode

Pkiernan wrote: »

There should be a massive tax on people who change phones every year.

Enviro-hypocrites

Same with cars

I have a cheapo Android phone that was my main phone for about two years, but it seemed like longer. It felt like a much older phone than it was, and I haven’t regretted switching to an iPhone SE when it came out about six months ago. Since Apple actually supports its products with updates for years, I hope to get at least three years out of this phone, hopefully up to five.

PS my older Microsoft Lumia 640 still works great as a media player and white noise machine, even though Microsoft has stopped supporting the platform now. Android is just bloated by comparison.

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

Over 8 years with a Sony Xperia, think it was about €180 quid at the time, still going,

That old, it must be a Sony Ericsson, heck it might be just an Ericsson. I know I got the first phone branded just Sony, the Xperia S although it still had a few Ericsson touches such as the green and silver globe logo and a few mentions of Ericsson on some of the labels.
Currently 2 and a half years with my Xperia XZ2, still running as smooth as ever, although I do have my eye on the newest phone, the 5ii should it ever turn up on Vodafone contract.

I hate a HTC One M8 from launch in 2014 till 2016, few scrapes and dings but still worked perfectly. I upgraded via contract to a Galaxy S7, had that from then until around this time last year when I got an S10 through work. Gave the mother the S7, and aside from a small crack in the top right corner (a week before I gave it to my mother), it has withstood I'd imagine about 100 falls a month. I usually listen to music via headphones while going to sleep, and every night without fail it would be pulled off the locker and onto the floor. And then throw in the random drops I get a few times a day... Definitely the strongest phone I've had, and that's with a standard case.

The S10 has been dropped just as often, although not falling off the locker anymore as I have it on the bed instead (up in the corner, not covered by anything). Aside from the screen protector having scrathes from my nails, it's perfect, and it has the official slim case so not much protection from that. I think Samsung make very solid phones these days (compared to the S5 I had which smashed within a short time).

I'd be hard pushed to change from the Samsung S range. When the phone is worth close to 1k, you expect it to be able for the falls! Problem is, ever since I upgraded to the flagship range of phones, I can't use cheaper ones because of how slow they are in comparison. I'll be entitled to another work phone in about 6 months (I pay about 60% of the wholesale cost over a period of 6 months), so I'll see what's out then. The geek in me wants the foldable Samsung... That'll be one for the fall test!

I've had my current phone (iPhone XR) two years, but my two previous phones to that (iPhone 7 and iPhone 6) are 4 and 6 years old respectively, and are still in use by my daughters (albeit with reduced capacity batteries that I must sort out).

I have an iPhone SE for 4 years and it's going strong. It's pretty easy and cheap to change the battery and the headphone jack/microphone if they go so it's a great little runner.

Allinall wrote: »

Same here.

I've an SE for about 6 years.


Main thing that's putting me off upgrading is the size of newer phones. They're just too big.

It's a lovely small size and I used to be put off by the bigger phones. But there are plenty of phones that are a little bit bigger than the old SE. I'll use this one until it breaks and I cant fix it or it slows down too much. I'm not worried about getting a phone a little bigger, but i don't want a big tablet for a phone

It will be 8 years in January since I bought my iPhone 5. It is still going fairly well. I have an iPhone 11 Pro for work so the 5 gets limited use tbf.

I put a GoMo sim in last year so at least I get to keep my number active for €10 a month.

Bought an s10 in late January. It was my first new fone since 2016

Four years at most so far, it is usually a crack on the edge getting bigger, the phones themselves were great. Always Samsung.