New Phone, Who Dis?

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Well, my phone did that thing where it still works, but the screen goes black. It's an older model, but I like it, and I don't have a lot of money, so my options were: replace the screen, buy a new old phone, or buy a new new phone. By a "new old phone", I mean buy a reconditioned older phone online, which I had done the last time. After visiting a couple of repair shops and finding out that the screen replacement would cost more than buying the same older model, the repair option was eliminated. However, the lady at the second shop advised me that the model I had was about to lose support, and that is fine to buy used, but I should at least get a newer model. Problem with that is that the newer models start to get pretty pricey, and so I went with option 3 and got a brand new phone. It's a $900 phone but on sale for $200 off, and I could make interest-free payments of $25/month through my carrier, so that ended up being more affordable than spending $400-500 on an older phone. I tend to keep stuff until it breaks, so it's worth it to buy the new phone. I bought my car brand new and have had it for 26 years!