OT: How long before you switch to new cell phone? And why?

[Rich]

I lease my phone as part of my plan with Verizon. Every 18 months I turn it in and replace it with the Latest and Greatest IPhone.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Are you sure there wasn’t a word ahead of the numbers?

I wondered the same thing. When I was a kid, the Hartford area numbers were preceded by Chapel (24), Adams(23), or Jackson(52).

 

[huskyinfl]

Will buy pixel 4 day one since pixel 1 support ends. iPhone for work.
Augmented reality / VR / payment.
Never seen a thread with so many people making arguments that actually expose how little they know.

 

[whaler11]

They gave me $125 for my 4 year old iphone6 this week that didn’t hold a charge for 2 hours.

I get the android argument but man those things suck.

 

[Mokum]

Over here in Holland I get a new phone free every year when I renew my contract with Vodafone. It’s an I phone, not the very latest but good enough. I am satisfied with it. I don’t need all the very latest gadgets to be happy.

 

[Slasher]

I used to be a Samsung guy, but now I'm pure Android all the way. I had the Nexus 6P and now have the Pixel XL on Google Fi. I basically got the Pixel XL for free because my 6P had a boot issue. I only had to pay the difference between the XL and the original price of the 6P, so the Pixel XL cost me like $100. I've had it for two years now and it does everything I need. I'll probably upgrade to a Pixel 3 XL when the Pixel 4 comes out.

 

[Husky25]

I used to be a Samsung guy, but now I'm pure Android all the way.

Samsung is Android. You are non-Samsung Android all the way.

Certainly understandable. Brand new Samsung products run expensive. My family also has various other Samsung products in the house and I like the connectivity. I.e. I don't need a Chromecast or Roku to stream to my main TVs and we can sync to our respective tablets.

I'm looking to get a Galaxy S10, but want to wait until the S11 comes out, unless there is a deal, which there always is. I figure I have about 13-14 months.

 

[intlzncster]

Will buy pixel 4 day one since pixel 1 support ends. iPhone for work.
Augmented reality / VR / payment.
Never seen a thread with so many people making arguments that actually expose how little they know.

Idk go look at most conference realignment threads.

 

[Danzz]

I wondered the same thing. When I was a kid, the Hartford area numbers were preceded by Chapel (24), Adams(23), or Jackson(52).

Forgot about Adams. I remember when they were introduced. I was very young at the time but I think it was in the early 50's.

 

[intlzncster]

Samsung is Android. You are non-Samsung Android all the way.

Certainly understandable. Brand new Samsung products run expensive. My family also has various other Samsung products in the house and I like the connectivity. I.e. I don't need a Chromecast or Roku to stream to my main TVs and we can sync to our respective tablets.

I'm looking to get a Galaxy S10, but wait until the S11 comes out, unless there is a deal, which there always is. I figure I have about 13-14 months.

'Pure android' is a euphemism for 'stock android'. Most brands run a different interface with their own bells and whistles (basically bloatware) on top of stock Android.

Stock is cleaner, runs better, works as intended, etc. As android is a Google product, Google phones like Nexus and Pixel of course run stock android. And the phones are designed with that in mind--optimization.

 

[Husky25]

'Pure android' is a euphemism for 'stock android'. Most brands run a different interface with their own bells and whistles (basically bloatware) on top of stock Android.

Stock is cleaner, runs better, works as intended, etc. As android is a Google product, Google phones like Nexus and Pixel of course run stock android. And the phones are designed with that in mind--optimization.

Got it. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Drumguy]

Certainly understandable. Brand new Samsung products run expensive. My family also has various other Samsung products in the house and I like the connectivity. I.e. I don't need a Chromecast or Roku to stream to my main TVs and we can sync to our respective tablets.

The main advantage of the Pixels over Samsung is not the quality of the build, they are both great manufactured phones, its just that Samsung controls your updates, vs. the pure experience of Android (or "stock" android as Int mentions above). You don't need a Samsung to cast to a modern TV - you can use any modern phone. I have a Samsung TV I cast to in my office. Most of the newer TV models are coming with Android TV built in - my 2 year old Sony runs on Android.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Forgot about Adams. I remember when they were introduced. I was very young at the time but I think it was in the early 50's.

You got enough of the years before me for this to make sense. Late 50's would have been when I learned our ADams3-5800 number. I'm guessing that your number was preceded with CHapel, because I most recall 242, 247, 232, 233, and 521, that later added at least 236, because we moved over to that when we got a second phone line. The original line most likely then when to a business.