Why do you buy new mobile phone?

My newest cell phone was a gift to me and the last one I bought was because I have lost my other cell phone (wait I think that one was a gift too) (?) In any case I do not believe it broke anyone's bank

As you know, with all the cell phone service providers weather it's here in U.S. or any other country for that matter, their majority of income comes from monthly service bill we pay. Their income from pre-paid isn't that much. Even with 1 - 2 year contract, it takes the service providers on an average, somewhere between 16 - 18 month to make back the discount you have gotten on your phone. I know every company & country they operate in are different. I'm just speaking in general term. Like I stated above, here in U.S., service providers set aside somewhere between $15 - $25 of your bill, depends on how much you bill is, for the recovery of the cost of the discount they gave you. Now, that being said, last 4 - 6 month of your contract, you're basically paying $15 - $25 a month extra. Or, their profit goes up by $15 - $25 a month, per person. If 100 thousand of their customer's contracts are to expire with in next 4 - 6 month, you know what that means? Right now, they're making extra $25 million dollars a month. Point I'm trying to make here is, if you're paying the same amount of money every month & they're not giving you extras at the end of your contract as far as service goes, then might as well get a new phone. You're paying for it weather you want to or not. Once they make up for the discount you got on the phone, they don't give you discounts on your service. They just keep that money they've been getting from you to put towards the phone discount. They do have some cheap phones or even free ones that you can keep as back up phones.

Well, usually it is because a new nicer, more up to date model came out. I used to be like that. then I started slowing down on buying and changing my phone. I really didn't use all their functions anyway. Right now, I just bought myself a V9 motorola last February for my birthday so I don't really expect to buy a new one soon.

It has been 4 months since I last bought a samsung mobile phone, which is still kind of brand new. The first time that I bought a new one was due to I lost the former one! Last time, my old one was dropped from a high building to the ground. Then, you know, it was broken

hi friend, i also agree with u that spending money for getting new mobile phones is just foolishness if ur present one has all the features. But,we have to move with the world.I get tempted to buy new phones which are stylish even if i have a good one. So it depends on the person... If u have money u can buy or else dont.

The only reason I got the new phone I have now is because T-Mobile has good service and the phone was free. I have not had a good cell phone in the last year because everywhere else charges a arm and leg for a cell phone and then you have to pay such high deposits. With T-Mobile I did have to pay a deposit and I got the phone free.

I am not interested in changing my cell phone very often.It is highly impossible to change your phone into a latest one as every day dozens of models are pouring in into the market.So a decent one is always enough for me and I have better things to do than wasting my time on hunting for new models. But Of late I got a liking for this Iphone after a long time.Some what I wanted to buy that one.I am going to buy that next month.