To ask how often you upgrade your phone?

I buy my iPhone and have a sim only contract. My phone is 4 years old - or perhaps more. I will buy a new phone when this one dies.

@thecherryfox I'm the same as you. I used to upgrade every time my contract was up and end up paying £40 a month but I decided I was sick of paying out so much.

Now I'm on a sim only deal at £17 a month with 3. Phone is working fine so I'll keep it until it stops holding its charge.

When the battery gets crap, which is usually every 3 years roughly. I have the iPhone 14 at the moment and the contract is up in January. I’ll switch to a sim only until the battery becomes atrocious.

Had 2nd hand Iphone 6 for 5 years. Decided to get a new one when apple decided to not to get security updates on it anymore. Replaced the battery and gave it to DS so this phone has been in the family for over 7 years now. He still has it.
Got myself a contract 2 years ago for iphone 14. Just paid the handset off and switched to sim only contract. Will get a new phone when this one dies(hopefully not too soon).

Every phone I used to have I had for 4-5 years and it was always in vgc. It was then passed onto relatives and thrashed within a few months. I was already asked whether I was getting an upgrade and if I had plans for my old phone (iphone14) 🤬

When it breaks. There haven't been any real changes in what phones actually do for ages now, it feels like we've hit a maturity stage where they are sort of like tvs, everyone has one, not much difference between the brands, you don't get a new one every 5 mins.

When it breaks. The planet is fucked enough as it is

Only when absolutely necessary.

I have had six in the last 30 years.

Everytime my contract comes to end, which is every three years.

I want to say when the previous one breaks but that's not true, it's more like when my previous one is on its last legs and there is a decent looking alternative that I can afford. I'm loathe to get a phone that's worse than my current one, there's no point getting one that's about just as good, and it's only by leaving it 5-10 years between purchases that a better one isn't too expensive.

My main incentive for sticking with my current (original) iPhone SE is that most modern phones seem ridiculously large. I don't need an iPad in my pocket.

I keep my iPhones until they fall apart. Ver 5 lasted nearly 10 years, a reconditioned SE lasted 6 months (won't go for reconditioned again) and Ver 11 has been going strong for a couple of years now.

The day I can upgrade but I never actually get to hold it. Just gets passed straight to DD and I get my last upgrade back

About every 4 or 5 years or so & then I replace it with a model that's a couple of years old. Recently got rid of a Samsung S8+ as the battery was on it's way out & replaced it with a second hand S21 Ultra. Very nice phone & I can't justify an additional £700 for the latest S24.

About every 5 years - last time because the battery had degraded badly then I cracked the screen.

When it no longer works, my current samsung is on the way out now (5 years old) but just last week I found my fav Nokia 3310 in a draw, it was not broken but I was gifted a 3rd hand iphone (its tiny) so moved over to that.....I loved that Nokia, hello/goodbye/text that was all, simple times.

Every 2yrs usually. If I feel like what you said I'll usually keep it and get sim only. Last time I only lasted another 6-8 months as it was so slow and battery going down fast. At that point though the phone I had was the iPhone from several yrs ago when I got it albeit new. So it was about 5yrs old by the time I got a new one. Still sold it on for £150 too 😀

My current phone I got last yr, which at the time was the latest iPhone. So I'll possibly just go sim only if everything ok with it next yr. I did get a great deal with it which I likely won't get next time.

I used to work with a guy who wld go buy the new iPhone every year on the day it was out from the Apple shop. Madness!
Must admit I love my iPhone!

Used to be every two years when the contract ended but now as long as I can keep it going. With a heat gun and a few small tools I can change the battery so now it depends when they stop pushing Android updates to my current model.

I kept my IPhone SE until the apps stopped working (7 years). I replaced it with an iPhone 15 which I'll keep until the apps I use stop updating. I buy my phone outright.

Same.

I’m 44 and on my fourth phone since I got my first 27 years ago (aged 17). I had a Nokia first, then a Samsung flip phone, then an iPhone 6s and now an iPhone 14. I use them until they can’t be used anymore. Same as everything else I own…..car, clothes, electronics etc. I’ve had my t.v. for at least 15 years and it’s still going strong. If it works it’s fine. Its wasteful to constantly be upgrading everything for no reason.

When it breaks.
I have a well priced SIM-only contract (no baked in April price increases) and buy a new handset outright (usually from Amazon) when either the phone is completely broken or the battery starts to fail. My current phone is 3.5yo and still doing ok.

Mine is from 2017. Hoping to upgrade it next year as the battery performance isn't great now but it's fine otherwise so there's no need just yet.

I upgrade every two years as per contract, but I usually clear and sell on the old handset. This one is particularly scratched and cracked, however, so I think I'll probably use some kind of offset scheme to get rid of it, or gift it to someone. They never sit in a drawer.

When it breaks and the cost of repair is expensive. Probably every 4-5 years or so

Every 4/5 years.
I used to change every 2 years when contract was up for renewal but honestly got sick of paying way more than I need when my phone is working perfectly fine!