Does anyone have a two year old cell phone that still works?

[NightWatcher]

Is planned obsolesence at play in this case, or do all cell phones just suck ass?

My phone is a motorola razr (which is techie for piece of shit, I guess)

Now I cant get a decent signal to save my life. I dont want to shell out another 100-200$ for something that I hate.

[Arugula Latte]

1. I've got a basic-model Verizon phone that is probably three years old.

[Orrex]

2. I've had a bargain basement Tracfone since September of 2006

Still works like a charm, but it gets expensive if you need a lot of airtime.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

6. Me too.........

I got mine around the same time as you. Not a big fan of Tracfone, but the Nokia el-cheapo still works.

[redqueen]

3. I do. I have the same phone as you...

I think it's nearly 3 years old now... still works fine.

[kentauros]

4. I bought my Kyocera about seven years ago.

It still works just fine, texting and phoning. I don't use it for anything else.

[Moondog]

5. Until a couple of days ago, I had six.

One was almost ten years old. Used to just throw them in a drawer. But all still functional, and the batteries were good. Just donated them to a local group that checks them out, tarts them up, and give them to battered women who are in the throes of ending entanglements with their batterers.

I used to carry these damned things, until I didn't have to do so anymore. And for reasons not relevant here, I was compelled to upgrade them every 12-18 months or so. So I ended up with a lot of cell phones. I'm glad that I found a group that could actually make use of them.

[pitohui]

7. mine still worked but i got a new one anyway

want it?

if i can't sell it on craigslist i'll end up giving it away

it worked fine for voice calls/voice mail but i didn't like texting on it, no qwerty keyboard

it was from verizon, no prob getting signal, in fact, by the end i was getting signals in way more places than when it was new

[deoxyribonuclease]

8. I have a motorola rizr

Bought it in 2007, had some firmware problems that I solved by downloading updates. But it still works fine. I'll keep it until the cost of owning a smartphone becomes reasonable.

[merh]

9. my motorala razr works fine

It may be your provider that is causing you problems. Lack of a decent signal is not the phone's fault.

[hunter]

10. I've got an oldie, four years...

My wife had one too, but my kid dropped it in the river. Another was dropped in the street and run over by a car.

You can usually revive a wet phone if you are quick to take out the battery and take the phone apart to dry, but this one was wet for several hours.

I've got an ordinary telephone made in 1953 that works just fine but we've gone through five or six cordless phones in the last twenty years.

[MorningGlow]

11. I do--the low-budget "candy bar" phone that was free with the Cingular contract

We were really up against it financially when my cell phone died in '07, so I didn't have the luxury of choosing from all the phones that actually, you know, cost money. Didn't matter--I didn't need all the bells and whistles anyway--just needed to make phone calls, not take pictures or go online with it or anything. Works fine. Ergonomically it's a piece of shite, though.

[Missy Vixen]

12. I have a Samsung

It's over two years old. I'm very happy with how it's still working.

[NoPasaran]

13. My Sanyo is at least three years old

Still working fine.

[Obama2012]

14. Yeah, mine works

I have an LG EnV. In my experience, LG phones are fucking troopers. I beat the shit out of them and they don't die.

[NightWatcher]

15. that's what I need. I thought about getting a mil spec phone but $$$$

I want/need something tougher than one designed for businessmen and/ or cubicle jockies.

[Obama2012]

16. Every LG phone I've had has been tough as nails

I mean, I've never dropped it in water or anything, but I have beaten the shit out of them. The latest one is just really scuffed up, but the last one had the antenna broken off, chunk off the side, etc, and it still worked. I keep all my phones until I can upgrade them. This one is due for an upgrade, but I just haven't done it yet.

[jmm]

17. I had my last phone for over 4 yrs.

It was a dirt cheap model that the sales guy tried talking me out of. All I cared about was that it had a good battery. After a few years I used tape to hold the screen on but other than that it worked fine. I only stopped using it when I broke down and got an iphone but the camera on my old one was better than the camera I have now.

[hippywife]

18. Mine is much, much older than that.

I think I've had mine for at least five or six.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

19. I have an antique-looking Nokia that is part of my prepaid cell plan

I have no reason to upgrade it.

[AllyCat]

23. Loved that phone. US Hellular would no longer support it so I got my newer one

[pinniped]

20. My Motorola RAZR V3xx is almost two years old and works great.

I have about 183 hours on the call timer.

[triguy46]

21. yep. My little, teenie, tiny one is doing fine, a Pantech...

[AllyCat]

22. My Motorola 325 is just now over 2 years old. The batteries are

pieces of junk, but now that US Hellular has the free battery replacement plan, I buck their "buy a new phone now" jargon and get the free battery every couple months. I just get whatever phone is free or cheap. None last longer than any others.