Phone lifetime survey

[Guest]

1. What phone do you have? 

2. How long have you had it?

 

3. Have any of your previous phones lasted more than 2 years?

4.How long have they lasted? (When did it cease to be used daily? Broke? Replaced? If you gave it to a friend, and it's still going, how long has it been going?)

 

I’ll start:

1. i have the iPhone SE (2016 release.)

2. I've had it 2 years. 

 

3. No.

4. All only lasted 2 years or less. They all broke. Most of them completely died.

 

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Tracking average lifespans by company:

 

Apple last 3 years (13 phones

Blackberry 3 years (1 phone

Google 4 years (2 phone

Huawei 2 years (1 phone

LG 3.5 years (3 phone

Motorola last 4 years (1 phone

One 5. years (3 phone

Samsung 3.5 years (4 phone

 

[Slottr]

iPhone 11 Pro

About 5 months

 

Got it cause I had a X since launch and my dumbass dropped it

Before that I had a 6S and it was awesome 

[minibois]

I have a Moto G4 that is 4 years old, that I am not really interested in replacing yet

My previous phone I had for 3.5 years I think, it was the LG L5 (bad phone though)

[Mr.Moustache]

Used to have iphone 5se and now have iphone xs. Xs was bought in 2019, and iphone 5se was 2017 (my dads phone at that time), but after he gave to me as he got another iphone 5 se. 

[Guest]

Just now, Slottr said:

iPhone 11 Pro

About 5 months

 

Got it cause I had a X since launch and my dumbass dropped it

Before that I had a 6S and it was awesome 

How long have they lasted? 

[Guest]

Just now, minibois said:

I have a Moto G4 that is 4 years old, that I am not really interested in replacing yet

My previous phone I had for 3.5 years I think.

What was the 3.5 year old phone? 

[Yo soy Jack]

I’ve had the iPhone X since it came out.

[Slottr]

Just now, fpo said:

How long have they lasted? 

Would have had the X for about 2.5 years(?)

Had the 6S for about 2 until my work at a flour mill killed that dream of a device lol

[HanZie82]

Had Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus for over 3 years, until i broke the screen being stupid.

Now i bought a Samsung Note 10 Plus, which i hope to keep in 1 piece for a lot longer then that. (i hope).

[minibois]

1 minute ago, fpo said:

What was the 3.5 year old phone? 

It was the LG L5.

It was a pretty bad phone since day one though, which I should have replaced much easier  

[Prodigy_Smit]

iPhone 10

3 years

 

Yes

iPhone 5s around 4-5 years.

[Radium_Angel]

Blackberry KeyOne for life.

Had it about 3 years I guess, basically when they came out. Keeping it until it dies.

 

Prior phone was a Samsung Galaxy s5 (IIRC) Sport I also had for about 3 years

[Guest]

1. Pixel 3A

2. 6 months

3. Yes

4. 2.5 years Pixel 2 XL, 3 Years iPhone 5C

[Eschew]

Hey there.

 

Got a Samsung Galaxy S8+.

Digging up receipts for its accessories, seems I've held on to it for at least 3 years. Not sure where I put the original receipt for the phone.

 

I've had previous phones, I don't remember how long they've lasted, though? Very possibly 2+ years.

• I still have a Samsung Galaxy S5 I keep as a backup phone, if my current ever borks for whatever reason. Forgot when I got that one, but it's way past 2+ years.
• Had a Nokia N Series that lasted me my entire secondary school. I forgot if it was N96, N81, or something else entirely. I do remember it being able to slide out from both sides if held horizontally (landscape, not portrait), and it having a square button.
• Before that, I had a Nokia N-Gage. I remember playing a Sims game on it, very fun.

[Red :)]

1. Huawei Y5 (2018) (bought before the scandal)

2. 2 years and 1-2 months

 

3. Yes.

4. 3-4 years at least. (It was a Sencor Element P401, I think)

[Gegger]

1. Boogle Nexus 5
2. Hand-me-down from my mum, but I think we've had it for 6-7 years
3. It's my first phone and before the Nexus 5 my mum had a flipphone...where I learned tetris exists!
4. I don't know lol, all I know is that my mum lost the flipphone

[Lord Vile]

iphone 11 Pro

About 6 months, gave my XR to my fiancée, sold her 8 and got an 11 Pro.

 

I had a K800i ages ago then a 3GS for 4 years, a 5 for 3 and a SE for 4. Then a XR for a year.

K800i still works fine, as does the 3GS, sold the 5, SE is still fine, XR is with my fiancée.

[WereCatf]

26 minutes ago, fpo said:

1. What phone do you have?

OnePlus 8 Pro.

26 minutes ago, fpo said:

2. How long have you had it?

A few months? Since launch, whenever that was. I've actually forgotten when they launched.

27 minutes ago, fpo said:

3. Have any of your previous phones lasted more than 2 years?

Sure, several ones.

27 minutes ago, fpo said:

4.How long have they lasted?

Depends on how you defined one as lasting. If you just mean how long I used one, I think 4 years is the maximum. If you mean how long they were functional, I've only had one phone break on me after two years or so and it was a component-failure.

[jaslion]

Xiaomi mi 9t

7 months

 

yes all of them

One plus one lasted me almost 6 years had a lg g5 too as a secondary as a business phone for 3 years. Both still work but have major defects not making them a phone anymore but more of a small tablet.

My galaxy ace 2 is a music phone after it had served me and my dad for years and now just streams music at my parents house permanently plugged in. Probably 8 years old by now.

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

Depends on how you defined one as lasting. If you just mean how long I used one, I think 4 years is the maximum. If you mean how long they were functional, I've only had one phone break on me after two years or so and it was a component-failure.

Originally intended for when it broke. (Common reason for upgrades) but when it stopped being used daily.

Some people have phones that still work, but replaced them for one reason or another. They're no longer being tested for endurance.

 

TL;DR
I am going to say, when did it stop being used daily?

[DailyProcrastinator]

Samsung Galaxy S10+

16 months

 

Yes, all my phones have lasted my 2 years without issue, I've never had a Samsung phone quit on me or significantly degrade to the point of not being able to use it. I typically upgrade every 2 generations though, and either sell my phone used, or pass them down to a family member as they have always worked perfectly fine. I've had the S8+, S6, S3, all got me to 2+ years. 

[Pasi123]

1. Huawei Honor 9

2. I've had it for over 3 years (July 2017). The battery is a bit bad but I'm planning to replace it

 

3. Yes.

4. Usually the problem is the battery getting really bad.

 

I still use my old Galaxy S3 and my secondary phone. I've had it since January 2014.

 

The only non-battery related problems I've had:

ZTE Blade 1: Didn't recognize a SIM card anymore

LG Nexus 5: WiFi dead and Bluetooth doesn't work sometimes, restarts randomly when charging (might be battery related), broken power button (the power switch is fine so I just removed the button)

 

None of my phones have ever died completely.

[ausham]

work phones.

Iphone 4 about 6 mouths. work when replaced

iphone 4s about 1 year. work when replaced

iphone 5c about 3 year. battery bloted up

had a iphone se since then. no other job needed a phone or offered one. Need to replace at its not well sported anymore. 

 

Personal.

old flip phones late 90s to mid 00s broke some err most.

moto razr's from mid 00s to about 2012. never broke one.

2012 to about a year ago I had Droid Razr phones and now I have a x3.

[EL02]

1. Redmi Note 8 Pro
2. 8 months
3. Yes
4. 4 years

[Elad.Evron]

On 10/15/2020 at 6:16 PM, fpo said:

1. What phone do you have? 

2. How long have you had it?

 

3. Have any of your previous phones lasted more than 2 years?

4.How long have they lasted? (When did it cease to be used daily? Broke? Replaced? If you gave it to a friend, and it's still going, how long has it been going?)

 

I’ll start:

1. i have the iPhone SE (2016 release.)

2. I've had it 2 years. 

 

3. No.

4. All only lasted 2 years or less. They all broke. Most of them completely died.

 

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Tracking average lifespans by company:

 

Apple last 3 years (13 phones

Blackberry 3 years (1 phone

Google 4 years (2 phone

Huawei 2 years (1 phone

LG 3.25 years (2 phone

Motorola last 4 years (1 phone

One 6 years (1 phone

Samsung 3.5 years (4 phone

 

1. I have a Samnsung Galaxy S10 

2. For a bit more then a year. 

 

3. Yes, my one plus 3T 

4. for almost 5.5 years and I swiched because the battery life became so short that i had to charge it every 3 hours (and I finished highschool so I got myself a present for that)