To ask how often you upgrade your phone?

I’ve had mine for 4 years - still works fine! I’ll replace it when it breaks.

Watch the buy now! Documentary on Netflix and you’ll soon be thinking twice about everything you buy and upgrade.

I keep my phone until it stops working. Once my original contract period runs out I switch to sim only which lowers the cost considerably.

Wait until it breaks, the battery life drops to becoming really crap, or (in my most recent case) my dog tries to eat it..

I only update mine when it’s on its last legs. Usually about 2 years after the contract ends. It’s usually the battery that starts to go so I think this time I’ll just replace that.

I have an iPhone XS which I’ve had from new, it’s 7 years old , still works perfectly after I purchased a replacement battery. I’m tempted to update but won’t until necessary.

We all still upgrade our iPhone every couple of years, buying them from the nearest Apple shop, selling the old one on local FB to a family for their child starting secondary for eg.

I get my partners hand me downs. I've had my current phone for 3 years and he had it for 2. I'll get a new (for me) one when he upgrades.

When the battery won't last til I'm home from work so roughly two years

Once every couple of years.

I buy Nokias. Got G42 at the moment. Cost me £120 because it's pink.

I don't really understand the whole pay crazy amounts for iphone stuff. I mean nearly all phones seem to be black squares to me.

TBF the apple experience is a lot smoother than android. But not worth paying stupid money for. Plus apple phones are almost impossible to use outside their system, whereas android it is easy to move files around, load your own mp3s etc.

I only see the point in upgrading to the fastest latest if you are playing high end games, because then you need the power.

Had my last one for 7 and a half years and no apps worked on it by the end - no internet apps anyway apart from a very outdated Facebook one !

When it needs it, which was last month as the young man I looked after managed to throw it and totally wreck the screen! 🤦🏼‍♀️
Went second hand and bought off back market which I thoroughly recommend. A 2024 model for half price that appears as new to me!

I totally understand there’s a massive industry geared towards selling us new electronic tat under the guise of ‘upgrading’ but the technology really doesn’t advance rapidly enough to justify a new phone every two years.

Wait until there’s a solid technical reason - like compatibility or vendor support - or you’re just throwing money away to have a slightly brighter, slimmer version of what you already have.

Every 2 years. It's my work phone and I need it to work 100%. Work pays. I pass my old phones down to DH and DC.

Every 12months on the day of release...

Kids get my hand-me-downs

Life's short, I can afford it.

I've only ever bought phones outright and replace them when the cease to function.

I’m on sim only. My data rolls over.

Actually, I guess you could say a con is that none of your unused data rolls over to the next month.

I’ve been on sim only for as long as I can remember- 20 years ish probably. Can’t think of any cons! For a good price you’re usually tied into a 12/18/24 month contract but that’s the same with any contract.

My contract is finally coming to an end so I'm thinking of moving to a sim only contract. A big pro is the money saved of course but any cons?

None that I can think of. I renew it manually each month rather than have it on auto-renew because the amount of data included in my Giffgaff £10/month package (15 Gb) is way more than I need most months but if I'm going to be away from home for any amount of time in the coming month I'll pay for a package with more data as wifi in trains, hotels, etc., is unreliable.

When it's broken

I got off the 2 year contract wagon about 18 months ago - I'll replace my phone when it stops being fit for purpose, which I suspect will be when the battery life becomes so short as to be unreliable. My husband replaced his earlier this month after 5 years as the battery had hit the point where it was regularly needing charging in the middle of the day to avoid going flat by the evening.

I'm sim only and buy my handsets outright. Saves so much money compared to a contract. I've had my current iPhone almost 4 years!

I recently replaced jist the charging point as it wasn’t charging properly. I think it cost about £30. It had stopped registering the charger and wouldn’t charge at all. I’ve had the phone about 3 years id say. Hopefully good for a couple more?

My contract is finally coming to an end so I'm thinking of moving to a sim only contract. A big pro is the money saved of course but any cons?

When it breaks.
I have never had a contract phone. I just buy one and pay £6 a month for a Smarty sim