how many phones have you had?

[Mimi Cheems]

So, when I was younger I had two flip phones (not at once), but I lost both of them. Wasn't allowed to have another phone until the 8th grade, so close to freshman year, LOL.

Anyways, 8th grade phone was my very first smart-phone (iPhone 4s), then I upgraded to an iPhone 6s about two years later, then that one, the battery fried and never turned back on, so I had to get it replaced. After that I got an iPhone 8+, my senior year. Then the screen was having problems recently (freezing and not locking) so I had to get THAT one replaced, too.

So, in total, I've had about 7? LOL. I have bad luck with phones...

 

[Corrie]

I've had 4!

My first was my slider phone, then I got an iPhone 4, then a Nexus 5 and now I have my Google Pixel 3A.

 

[Burumun]

If I'm not mistaken, I'm on my sixth phone now. I got my mom's old phone as my first phone in 2006, and considering that I got my current phone in January or February, I'd say I'm not doing too bad - except for the first two, maybe, I've only gotten replacements when I can't really use the phone anymore.

 

[~Kilza~]

I've had 4 phones so far:

• Some flip phone, I think from summer 2007 to summer 2011
• Some phone with a slide-out keyboard, I think from summer 2011 to summer 2014 (which managed to disappear before we ended up finding it in a jacket pocket years later)
• Samsung Galaxy S5, summer 2014 to summer 2018
• Samsung Galaxy S9+, summer 2018 to now

I barely used the first two phones, but I've used the Galaxy S5/S9+ a ton more, lol. I don't plan on upgrading my Galaxy S9+ until summer 2022 if I can help it, since I feel like using a phone for at least 4 years is pretty good lifespan before it starts to slow down and becomes more unusable.

 

[PrincessApple]

I think i had like 8 phones. In 1st grade i had some old samsung phone and then a flip phone and then another flip phone then some touch screen phone, then i got my first iphone 3 in 8th grade, then i upgraded to iphone 4, then upgraded to iphone 6 and right now i have my iphone 7 that i just got two years ago

 

[Mary]

I think I've owned four? I had an iPod touch when I was younger, but i don't count that. So I guess I went iPhone 4 (lasted a long time, eventually bit the dust) -> iPhone 6 (blunt force trauma) -> iPhone 8 (used until battery life became a significant problem) -> iPhone SE(current).

 

[TheSillyPuppy]

My first phone was a hand-me-down from my older sister (LG Shine) that I used in high school, and I'm currently using a Samsung S6 that lasted me throughout university. Not sure what I'll get once this one dies, but I know I'll stick with an Android.

 

[RoyalTea]

Oh wow hmmm...

1. Motorola 120e
2. Nokia 5165
3. LG6200
4. LG Rumor
5. iPhone 3
6. ... Here's the tough part. I used to sell phones and they required us to constantly try out new phones by switching our company provided handset. So, for roughly 2 years I had a new phone every month. So... 24 phones is a good rough estimate. I'd switch faster if I hated something.
7. Galaxy S6
8. Galaxy S7
9. Galaxy S9
10. iPhone 11 currently

 

[KimiyoCake]

Hmmm i think i've had 7 mobile phones? my first phone was a motorola flip phone, then i had 2? slidey phones after... then iphone 4 (didn't last long cuz i had to upgrade to 5s b/c i had to study abroad), and then got an SE and then now i have an SE2

 

[BlueOceana]

I have had only three types of cell phones, the one I have now is the samsung galaxy s5.

 

[Fruit & more]

I don't like getting rid of things like that. I've had the chance to upgrade my phone and refused to do so. I still have my old phone lying around even though I can't really do anything with it.

I still have dead electronics lying around too...

 

[Heyden]

2016>>Dad’s iPhone 5
2018>>Dad’s iPhone 6s
2020>> iPhone 11 (my first phone that’s not hand me down!!)

Prior to that was a bunch of cheap samsungs/androids which I cycled through and can’t really remember most of them

 

[SublimeDonut]

I got a cheap one with 2 gigabytes of storage at age 14. Had no problem with it, but one friend apparently commented to her mother that it was sad I used such a cheap phone and her mother gave me her old phone, an iPhone 5, out of pity. Used it ever since. I'm a firm believer in using things until they are absolutely unusable and thrased.

 

[Holla]

I've had 6.

My first one was one of those sliding keyboard phones called a Samsung Gravity. I got it secondhand for $10 when I was in grade 10.

Spoiler

A bit later I bought a new one as the previous owner of my first phone wanted it back. So I bought a $30 Nokia G3. It looks a lot like a Blackberry knockoff but it definitely was not a smartphone. I remember really liking it though it had some neat custom themes you could download on it.

Spoiler

In 2011 I saved up money to buy my first smart phone. As I used an old iPod Touch 2nd gen for music and games along with the Nokia for messaging/calls daily and I wanted an all in one device. I got the black iPhone 4S. The 5 had just come out but I preferred the style of the older phone and it was a fair bit cheaper.

Spoiler

In 2014 I upgraded to the space grey iPhone 6 but silly me didn't go for the bigger storage option at the time which was a big mistake. It was only 16GB like my 4S was. Due to this I ended up selling it in early 2017 as I could no longer play certain games on it due to limited storage capacity. Since I was a college student at the time I had a limited budget so I got a 32GB iPhone 6S (also space grey) which was fairly cheap at the time as it was a two year old model and I was switching carriers anyways and the new one had a decent deal.

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Note: The 6 and 6S looked pretty much identical

In 2018 apple had a special trade in offer for older phones so I could get about half of my money back on the 6S to put towards a new one. I really liked the look of the XR. Especially the bright colour options it had. I had also finished college earlier in the year so I actually had some decent money to spend. So I ended up getting a Blue 64GB iPhone XR right before the new year of 2019, and it's definitely been my fave phone so far. I don't plan on upgrading it any time soon either.

Spoiler

Had I known better I'd only have had 5 phones and never would have gotten the 6S as I was still fine with the 6 when I got rid of it other than the lack of storage issues. Oh well.

 

[Mick]

Four! And they looked like this, chronological from left to right. The last one is tilted the other way because haha. I don't care enough.

The slidey phone on the left lasted me like 4 years, as did my first smartphone. The next one was 3 when I retired it, and my current phone is now also that age but I might keep it a while longer? It's still doing everything I ask it to do, so. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Croconaw]

I’ve never actually broken a phone which is miraculous, but I’ve had around four(?) from upgrading. My current phone is an iPhone 11 Pro.

 

[Shawna]

Counting the one that I currently have, I've had three. I got the iPhone 12 Pro Max for a late Christmas present. ^_^

 

[Poppies_92]

Had a sony flip phone in high school, talking about 2010 here .. lol iPhone/smart phones were just getting waaaay more popular

Then a galaxy s2, then to an iphone 6 then 7, then currently still using my Galaxy Note 9.

Really don't care about the new and best no more. As long as I can run Spotify I'm good lol

 

[ChocoPie22]

Galaxy s4 -> Galaxy note 5 -> Galaxy s9 (current phone)
I switched from the first to the second because the s4 shut down and wouldn't turn on no matter what I did, went from note 5 to s9 after 4 or 5 years cause my parents upgraded my phone for my birthday.

 

[Midoriya]

I honestly haven’t kept track of this, but I would say six or more.