Are you being sarcastic?

@confidentrealm Not at all. This is how I see the situation. A lot of noise for nothing.

Actually on many things they are designed to last a limited amount of time. Printers are actually designed to last 6 working months. Bras are built to last 3-6 mo.

@CommonHuman And you know this because...? I have a printer thaat lasted 15 years.

I've had my the same phone for 15 years...I finally upgraded just because...what exactly happens to let me know I need a new one?

I am asking because I am not a big cell phone user and have no idea...

@thinktwice I have a phone that everyone mocks I bought it for durability and to make phone calls and an occasional short text. I don't want a fragile expensive complicated frustrating thing though because of my work I feel myself being pushed towards that

@btroje I used a 12 dollar flip phone up until three or four years ago. I must admit I really like having all of that information at my fingertips no matter where I am. I am on a family plan with my brother, so for $50 a month I have unlimited minutes and unlimited internet access. I can tether my laptop to my phone for a bigger screen. I love it.

@Sticks48 I have a smart phone...I pay $100 a year, including the phone...my minutes roll over so I have about 10,000 minutes from my first phone...I will probably die with that phone...

@Sticks48 the minute I get a smart phone the hospital will be expecting me to manage medical information and give orders on that phone, I just don't believe everything is as secure as they believe, Plus I don't want to be interrupted when I am at home raiding my favorite ant hill with some medical quandary via text. I want to talk to a human

It's just crazy. So wasteful. I got my phone running again but lost much of my info. , contacts, etc. I don't know if it's true but I heard that one of the reasons we went to war with Iraq was for some element used in touch screens. Apparently, there is abundance there. Why pay? Just take it.

@confidentrealm ...don't know about that, but I'm thinking there is a commercial element to virtually everything this country does to others..

@confidentrealm My little brother who is a techy tells me that those updates you get on your phone is to slow your phone down, and it affects your battery life. So then you think, wow, I must need a new phone. It's all planned for you to keep buying, buying, buying. Capitalism at it's worst if you ask me!!