This is mind boggling to me. I have owned a total of two cell phones over the past fifteen years. Why do they need new ones so often?
I admit to being guilty on this one (once). I just upgraded from 2 2-year-old Kyoceras to 2 Nokias (one fer me, one fer the Wife).
But that's mostly because the Kyocera's charging ports started not connecting reliably, and the battery contact design is terrible (Wife's was loose, and would often lose contact completely and shut down).
Same here, almost. I'm on my third cell phone, the only reason I had to buy the 2nd one was because the battery crapped out, and it would have cost nearly as much as a new phone to buy a battery, so I bought a phone that was updated. I really haven't worried to much about tossing the old one in the trash.
Because Madison Avenue has convinced people that cell phones are as much a fashion statement as a means to communicate.
The colors change.
Battery life, reception, Bluetooth connectivity to computer, photos of grandkid on display, Alarm functions, size, ...
And this is just the base model now.
It's called upgrading.
I've had three cell plans in my life. Because each was with a different company, each came with a different phone. I gave my sone one of them when his phone was crushed by a car. The other I still have...
I think I'll toss it in the trash when I get home tonight. 8^>
What color bag phone do you have? ;-)
Because I am a man and if it is newer, faster, better, well, then, I just have to have one.
I still have one of those old massive ones that you could drive a nail with and it would still work, however none of the phone companies will provide service for it anymore.
The last place just laughed at me when I wanted to activate it. So now I have one of those little P.O.S. phones that break when you look at them.