Poll: How old is your smartphone?

How old is your smartphone?

  • Under one year

    Votes: 113 22.6%

  • One to two years

    Votes: 90 18.0%

  • Two to three years

    Votes: 110 22.0%

  • Three to four years

    Votes: 85 17.0%

  • Four to five years

    Votes: 52 10.4%

  • Five to six years

    Votes: 24 4.8%

  • Six to seven years

    Votes: 9 1.8%

  • Seven to eight years

    Votes: 6 1.2%

  • Older than eight years

    Votes: 10 2.0%
  • Total voters
    499
My Apple iPhone 11 64GB will be 4 years old in May... I have no desire to change as it still works perfectly - only issue is with usb socket - its not as tight a fit as it used to be - I use it in the car for Sat Nav and audio books and I guess the regular unplugging and reconnecting has taken its toll...
 
My Pixel 6 battery swelled up causing the screen to come away from the case at the top right corner.... Replaced with a Pixel 8 fro the MM (sealed BNIB)

I had planned to keep the 6 for at least 3 years. I plan on doing the same with the 8 - might even keep it longer as you get 7 years of security and OS updates with the Pixel 8 (so Android 20 and Pixel 15)

Smartphones have pretty much peaked these days so nothing really to "upgrade" to.
 
About 18 months (pixel 7 pro). Will probably keep it until battery dies as it ticks all the boxes for me (unless the pixel 9 pro has a significantly improved camera)
 
mattyfez said:
There's no reason to upgrade phone hardware these days unless it's busted or the battery is too fatigued.
Click to expand...
Exactly. Luckily, my battery seems to be holding up really well, not noticed much degradation at all! My previous S10 really struggled after 2 years of use.
 
Honor V10,Released in 2018 and still going strong (although battery life is suffering now)

Been a great phone,Although like many companies now greed comes into play and their phones are no longer decently priced.

so im a bit stuck atm on what to upgrade to next.
 
Last edited:
Xiaomi Mi 11 CN version was cheaper which I flashed EU rom, close to 3 years now was gonna upgrade battery degraded would only last early evening so decided to replace the battery now lasts to bedtime , was close to buying the Oneplus 12 CN version flashed with oxygen the battery life with recent phones is so much better now with bigger batteries and screen dropping down to 1hz gonna hold out another year trying to get noticable difference as possible when switching
 
Last edited:
Pixel 5 still going strong though will update this year as no longer getting security fixes but will be passed down to family as spare phone or for the photos it takes using that Pixel magic.
 
I had my iPhone SE 2020 for just under 4 years but the battery was knackered was just about to get the battery replaced when I dropped it and cracked the screen. Now got a week old iPhone 14 than I managed to get for cheap, expecting it to last at least 4 years again
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom