Hey A/C forumites!
So how often would you replace your phone? Today, I saw the Legend review on the front page. It's a very nice phone, clearly the successor to the Hero, and it has all the bells and whistles of Android Eclair goodness. I bought my Hero a little less than 6 months ago, I take good care of it so it still looks good, and I'm very satisfied with it overall. And I also paid a lot of money for it, so I'm in no hurry to dig into my pocket again. I know we will be getting an update to 2.1 in a month or two hopefully, so at least we'll be on par with the rest of the Android world in terms of software. However, I doubt that there'll be an official update to the next major version.
New phones are coming out one after the other every month, not to mention those that are already in the market, and they are superior in both hardware and software, while us, with our "old" phones, are left with a dilemma. If you bought your phone unlocked, you probably paid a hefty sum, and if you bought it from a carrier for a subsidized price, you probably have a one or two year contract. And you either have to accept that you're getting outdated fast, or you have to cough up more money to buy something new. Up until now, I usually replaced my phone once every two years. That's a period of time a phone can easily survive if you take good care of it. I guess with the old, simple phones this is not an issue, since they only have basic features. Am I wrong, expecting an expensive smartphone to stay "smart" for that amount of time? What's your opinion? I know OS fragmentation has been addressed many times, but even if we all got updates, that would still leave the rapid rate at which hardware advances.
So how often would you replace your phone? Today, I saw the Legend review on the front page. It's a very nice phone, clearly the successor to the Hero, and it has all the bells and whistles of Android Eclair goodness. I bought my Hero a little less than 6 months ago, I take good care of it so it still looks good, and I'm very satisfied with it overall. And I also paid a lot of money for it, so I'm in no hurry to dig into my pocket again. I know we will be getting an update to 2.1 in a month or two hopefully, so at least we'll be on par with the rest of the Android world in terms of software. However, I doubt that there'll be an official update to the next major version.
New phones are coming out one after the other every month, not to mention those that are already in the market, and they are superior in both hardware and software, while us, with our "old" phones, are left with a dilemma. If you bought your phone unlocked, you probably paid a hefty sum, and if you bought it from a carrier for a subsidized price, you probably have a one or two year contract. And you either have to accept that you're getting outdated fast, or you have to cough up more money to buy something new. Up until now, I usually replaced my phone once every two years. That's a period of time a phone can easily survive if you take good care of it. I guess with the old, simple phones this is not an issue, since they only have basic features. Am I wrong, expecting an expensive smartphone to stay "smart" for that amount of time? What's your opinion? I know OS fragmentation has been addressed many times, but even if we all got updates, that would still leave the rapid rate at which hardware advances.
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Meant to click on the 6-12 but accidentally clicked 3-6. I usually like to change when I can or when I get bored but my wallet disagrees with me a lot 
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