How many Cell phone have you changed so far..?
By chennai_b02
@chennai_b02 (1735)
India
July 18, 2008 12:39am CST
According to me, i am holding the same Cellphone which has been bought in the year 2005, Since my usages are very limited, i have no need to change the cell phone.
Hardly i will use my cell phone between 5 and 10 minutes in a week, thats all my usages. For this usages, it don't require to change my cellphone so far.. It works very good as of now..
But My husband has been changed his mobile sofar around 6 to 7 times, because he was using the mobile around 6-8 hours in a day.. he used to have a couple of other battery which has been charged, because he supposed to change the batter once in a day, where ever he is not able to charge his mobile.
What about you friends, so far how many times did you change your cell phones, due to the model changes or any problem in your existing cell phones.. etc..
Post your comments..
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52 responses
@PearlGrace (3171)
• United States
20 Jul 08
This is sort of a tough question, chennai_b02, because I first bought a "car phone" in a case in the late 80s, I think. If I got a new phone every 3 years since then, I've probably had about 7 of them. Of course, the styles, sizes, and features have changed radically since my first phone. This is an interesting discussion.
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@janujennifer (664)
• Philippines
11 Aug 08
My current phone is the third one I owned. I started using cell phones in 2000, but it was actually my brother's phone. My very first one was bought in 2001, then I bought a new one in 2004. The phone I am using will turn one year old in September 16.
The first one I had (Nokia 3210), I could say was the toughest one I have owned because the second one didn't last very long (I had to go to the technician to have it fixed every month until I realized I have been wasting too much money for the upkeep). I used that 3210 until I bought my current phone, not because it was already out of style, but because I accidentally dropped it in a bucket of water while using the rest room.
The one I am using (Sony Ericsson K800i) is by far the best I had because I loved photography, and this phone don't fail me whenever I wanted to take a picture and I didn't bring my digital camera.
@shana123 (2095)
• India
9 Aug 08
i got my first cell phone when i was in my 12th std,2005 it was just a second handed cell phone then the same year i got one new cell phone it was tata indicom, the i dint liked it actually then got a new Nokia cell phone and when i was in my first year of college i dropped it in water it got repaired and then i got my Nokia 6600 model.. which im still having it till date, i have plans for changing my mobile..
@applefreak (3130)
• Singapore
19 Jul 08
wow that's a pretty tough question for me. i've been using mobile phones for more than 10 years. a rough count puts it at more than ten. my first phone is an ericsson 388. then i changed to the model 688 under the same brand. since then i've changed phones almost every year, same times twice in the same year. however, i've had my current mobile phone for the past two years and more. it's really serving me very well and takes care of all my needs. think the next time i change phone will be when the apple iPhone is available in my country. cheers ;p
@liquorice (3887)
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19 Jul 08
Well I was very attached to my first cellphone which was just about the most basic model you could get. This was in 2001. I loved it because it was so easy to use, and all you could do was make calls, send texts and play a few basic games. Then when that broke my requirements for a new one was that it had to be just as simple. That one was ok too, but it kept crashing.
Then I changed to a slightly more extravagent model as it came as part of my new mobile phone contract. It had a camera on, which was a really new innovation for me, lol! It had a lot of other features too, but I didn't use them. Then I got used to the camera which was a pretty good one. So when my phone company offered me another upgrate last year I made sure that I got one with a good camera, and the phone I have now is a lot more sophisticated than my original one, and I'm glad, as I now know how to use a lot of the features!
So, in all I've changed my phone 4 times. I think it's fine to have had the same phone since 2005. If it suits your needs, and yours sounds like it does, then that's perfect.
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
7 Sep 08
hi chennai!
wow. your husband must have a lot of money to afford changing cellphones a lot of times. i have only changed my cellphone thrice since the year 2000. the first time was a needed change. it was my first cellphone, a Bosch model, and i lost in a taxi so i had to buy a new one. my second cellphone was a Nokia 3310. it lasted for almost four years until i decided to buy a new one. i bought a new Nokia model, forgot its model, when i was already working. it lasted for almost two years. i gave it to my sister. my mother had a new cellphone, a Nokia 6101 given to her by my cousins in the United States. she didn't know how to use it so she gave it to me. until now it is still my cellphone, i think i've been using it for more than two years now. i'm thinking of buying a new model with a bigger memory capacity, a better camera, with a music player. ![](/Content/images/emotes/happy.gif)
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@okwusman1 (2247)
• Abuja, Nigeria
12 Aug 08
i have changed three of my phones since i started using cell phones. All of them were Nokia products. ![](/Content/images/emotes/drool.gif)
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@sassygirlanne007 (4517)
• United States
18 Jul 08
I have never had to change my cell phone for those reasons. TI have had 3 cell phones in total the first one the one I upgraded after the first and then my current cell phone.
@nainesh1 (1656)
• India
18 Jul 08
Well I have changed 6 cell phones. The reason for a change is to upgrade. My 1st one was from motorola "the big & heavy phone", then second one was nokia1100(b/w),then onwards 3rd , 4th & 5th were coloured ones from nokia & sony ericsson. My latest one is sony ericsson w200i
@lyzabelle (1668)
• Philippines
19 Jul 08
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@yenwie84 (1344)
• Malaysia
18 Jul 08
I have changed six cell phones since I started to own a cellphone in year 2001. There were several reasons why I changed my cellphone. I still remembered my first cell phone was stolen on the first day I charged it. Then I changed to a second one. After that, I changed to the third one because of trend. Just recently, I changed to my seventh cell phone,because the sixth cell phone was not functioning well.
@aster1223 (22)
• China
18 Jul 08
haha, you seems crazy. For me, the cell phone is just a tool to contact with others, because i have not enough money,haha. I ENVY YOU
@kevsgirlalways (5883)
• Malaysia
11 Aug 08
the current phone that i'm using is my 5th haha. i wish i could buy a new mobile phone but alas, due to my budget i'm not able to. besides my phone is still good etc so i guess it's not really necessary to buy a new phone anyway. i've been using my current phone for a year and a half already. no plans to change as i'm a bit tight on money, would rather spend my money on something else instead. so i'll probably use mu phone for quite sometime!
@rhane7315 (5649)
• Philippines
22 Jul 08
i have changed my cell phone many times. my first cell phone was a nokia 3210 then after a year, it become a nokia 3310 then another year comes i changed my cell phone again into a nokia 8310. after 2 years, i changed my cell phone again into a nokia 6111 then now i changed my cell phone again into a cheaper one. my 6111 we're already broken and my latest and cheaper cell phone unit was given to me by my father. anyway, they were all given by my father lol i just give some of the cellphones that i already used to my brother, uncle and mom
@Kingofthekings (278)
• Pakistan
10 Aug 08
Since 2004 i changed nearby 50 handset set and i am using nokia n73 ryt now so it is my 51th handset...
@fran429 (502)
• United States
21 Jul 08
I started with a motorola v180 when we got the plan. I upgraded at our chance for the free upgrade to an LG CU300. I will be upgrading again 8/1. We've had the plan for 3 years now so I guess I'm averaging about 1 a year, however... I'm having major issues with the phone I have now. It will shut off by itself when it wants (even WHEN on the charger)... the alarm doesn't always work... things like that.
@seety2008 (11)
• China
12 Aug 08
i have not change a telephone,because of economic reasons,i went to university when it bought the phone,now has just graduated from university,and so earn some money later,the phone would like to change thinking ,oh!
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