How long have you had your cell phone?

Philippines
May 29, 2008 9:24am CST
How long have you had your current cellphone. Before, I was so into cellphones that I've had to change each year just to have the latest model...But I got tired of changing phones and bought one that I will use for long term. I had my cellphone for two years now and I don't plan on changing it yet as it's still good as new:) I take really good care of it because I want it to last long... How about you guys??
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@beybes08 (125)
• Philippines
4 Jun 08
I've had a cell phone for 6 years now. In those 6 years, I've been able to use 4 different kinds of cell phone. The cell phone I use now is the first cell phone that I bought myself so I'm really fond of it. But since some new cell phones have appeared on the market, I'm getting a little tempted to buy a new cell phone again.
• Philippines
6 Jun 08
haha,, true...really Tempting...those phones are like screaming out "BUY ME BUY ME" whenever you look at them..haha
• Indonesia
29 May 08
well, i'm the kind of person who use his cellphone till it doesn't work anymore . i have been using my present cellphone for 4 years. it's a siemens A-55, a simple cellphone with few basic features. since it's still working well, i don't have plan to change my cellphone.
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• Philippines
5 Jun 08
wow, that's a really long time! I hope my Samsung lasts that long too :) I love my phone:)
@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
30 May 08
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My phone would be five years old on the November of this month. But I really got it around a few months after its production date so it might be only four years and a few months under my ownership. I don't know if this also works on other brands but, if you want to know when your phone was produced, key in *#0000# on your phone and it'll show the current firmware of your phone, the date when your phone was produced and another detail that I don't know of. It works on Nokia phones, haven't tried it with others. I think if you want to check the IMEI of your phone, just key in *#06#. Distributors need this to block mobile phones that got stolen from their real owners. Have it done fast though since there's also ways to change the phone's IMEI.
@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
1 Jun 08
I just realized that after three years of owning that phone of mine
@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
5 Jun 08
Your quite welcome, but I hope nobody has to do it though, knowing their IMEIs and telling it to their distributors, it would mean that their phones indeed got stolen
• Philippines
5 Jun 08
thanks for the tips :)
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
5 Jun 08
I have had my cellphone since last December. This was given to me by my father for good behavior haha. I don't really go with the fad of changing phones but I have had the privilege of being given phones. All of them still work good at this time, except for my first ever phone (which my boyfriend drenched with water). I don't really like changing phones a lot since it's terribly tiring to input the names all over again. But even though I have tried and changed several phones. I'm still proud that the number I've been using is still the original one. I have had this number for more or less 8years now. :)
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
8 Jun 08
Yeah.. that long ey? :) It does have some advantages. I get more freebies from the company plus people won't get lost as to how to reach me. =)
• Philippines
6 Jun 08
cool! 8 years? now now,, i think I had the same number for 5 years or so...hehe
@mialei23 (2385)
• Philippines
29 May 08
For 2 months. I just swapped my nokia phone because its too old but I love that phone because my phone now is only a china phone. I just realized nokia is really a friendly user. Well, I wish to buy a new one when I save enough money. =)
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• Philippines
5 Jun 08
What are you planning to buy? yeah Nokia is really user friendly, the catch is that the phone value degrades real fast because Nokia releases new models real fast.
@roi452 (232)
• Philippines
29 May 08
I have my cellphone for about 3 years already. I really like it because it hasn't given any problems yet even after so many drops. I haven't really taken good care of it but it never failed me once. It still has a good battery.
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• Philippines
5 Jun 08
pen - smooth writing pen
wow, what cellphone is that?
• Philippines
5 Jun 08
I'm sorry for the wrong picture..It got uploaded in the wrong discussion
@chaime (1152)
• Philippines
4 Jun 08
I've had my phone for only about 2 weeks now. I had to replace my other phone which was about 2 years old because it got broken. I wouldn't have replaced my other phone otherwise. But I have remained loyal to the nokia brand. my former phone was a nokia 6280 and now my phone is a nokia 2630.
@leeesa (884)
• United States
29 May 08
I switch them often if I don't like them, but I've had my last one for about 5 years. I really like it a lot, and it shows by all the wear and tear. The battery doesn't hold a charge anymore, so I'll soon have to replace it. That won't be easy for me.
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• Philippines
5 Jun 08
wow,, 5 years? It must have been with you through thick and thin..lol..but 5 years? That's definitely a long time!
@sdas86 (6076)
• Malaysia
29 May 08
Hi, If I'm not mistaken, I have my cell phone for 6 months. My cell phones have some scratches here and there.
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@sdas86 (6076)
• Malaysia
5 Jun 08
Hi, I will change the housing of my cell phone when it has more scratches.
• Philippines
5 Jun 08
mine too...It slipped from my hand...but I'm trying really hard not to get it scratched again
@longbangod (1785)
• Philippines
5 Jun 08
I am using two mobile phones now. One is used for my international roaming sim, which I bought 5 months ago. And the other one is for my local sim and this I bought about 5 years ago. Been a while already since I got this phone though it was used by my wife before but when I went on vacation with my new mobile, I swap it with this old mobile, so my wife is using the new one. I don't have plan to change this one perhaps after few months or before I will go on vacation again.
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@sun2day (1062)
• Virgin Islands (U.S.)
29 May 08
I have two presently. One I have about 3 months and the other about 1 month.
• Philippines
5 Jun 08
ooh, just newly acquired huh?
@elitess (5070)
• Ipswich, England
4 Jun 08
I have my current cellphone since february last year - i bought it on my vodafone points so that meant i increase my subscription for another 2 years. I also take good care of it, because i am not the type to change it very often. Take care !
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• Philippines
6 Jun 08
vodafone points? I wish you could enlighten me on this one..thanks:)
• Mauritius
29 May 08
I have been using my cellphone since two years. I love this phone but sometimes when new phones come i want to have them but then think it useless to change phones every year as everytime new phones will come with new tchnologies and i will want to buy them so i have just taken a break. and will take another one when i will be satisfied with its specifications. But i must say that the new cell phones are really very expensive at the beginning.
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• Philippines
5 Jun 08
yeah,, expensive..and just after a few months, when new models are released, the price of the phone is reduced in half..haha
@saverio (402)
• India
29 May 08
i have a nokia 1100 and have been using it for 4 years now.it is the ultimate rough and tough cell....dropped it a million times and yet it works perfectly.
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• Philippines
5 Jun 08
the first models Nokia released were definitely sturdy! :)
@alienstar (5142)
• India
31 May 08
I first ahd my cell phone long back 5 years now on and it ws off not taht much use at that time as i used to talk with my friends and not for any offical use and now taht prioritires have changed and now use it for profesisonal purpose more than friends
@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
4 Jun 08
I have had my current cell phone for over three years. I really like it. I have not found any other cell phone like it that I can reasonably afford at this time. I would like to upgrade to a better phone. There are certain features I look for.
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
31 May 08
I have one cell phone that still works but only on a network i refuse to do business with. Its about 5 years old. In january I purchased a new cell phone with a different company becuase i was tired of the other companies antics. I replace my cell phones if they break/stop working or when a wireless provider goofs a few too many times and i cant switch the phone over to somewhere else.
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• India
31 May 08
I have current cellphone & cell no from 3 years. because I can not want to change my cell no. from which If I changed my cell no, my all contact lost & I have to tell to all my friends & other to my cell no.
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@azrinbme (129)
• Malaysia
31 May 08
My current PDA less than a year. When I purchased this PDA, I tell myself this is last but I can hold myself to get another one because current PDA does not good for a picture.
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31 May 08
I have had my Nokia 5140 for the last 2 years and its the best phone I have used. I see no need to make a cellphone a fashion statement. I want functionability.