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Scuttlebutt πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @scuttlebutt@farticle.cloud
7mo
How old is your mobile phone?
I don't have one 4 votes0%1 - 2 years 161 votes26%2 - 3 years 196 votes32%4 - 5 years 176 votes28%Older! Comment below. 74 votes12%
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Chris Siebenmann @cks@mastodon.social
7mo
@scuttlebutt Vintage fall 2016 iPhone 7+ for me, so it's just over nine years old (I got it at release, more or less). I theoretically plan to replace it basically now, since it's stuck on iOS 15, but I keep not getting around to it, party because the whole replacement will be a giant pain.

(I like the fingerprint sensor more than I expect to like face unlock, for example.)
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Scuttlebutt πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @scuttlebutt@farticle.cloud
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@cks You're already looking at the screen when unlocking though, unless you do blind unlocks with it in your pocket for some sneaky recording reason.
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Chris Siebenmann @cks@mastodon.social
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@scuttlebutt My face is pretty variable in common usage. Mask vs no mask, multiple (sun)glasses variations (and sometimes no glasses), bicycle helmet versus no bicycle helmet. I suspect I'll have a lot of uncertainty. Fingerprint unlock is almost 100% predictable without being so broad that, for example, someone with my broad face shape in dark sunglasses plus a mask can unlock it. (Because some of the time I will be unlocking in that situation.)
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Scuttlebutt πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @scuttlebutt@farticle.cloud
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@cks Oh, I can see that.
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Chris Siebenmann @cks@mastodon.social
7mo
@scuttlebutt The other thing about fingerprint vs face unlock is that, as I was reminded today, I spend a certain amount of time carrying my phone around face-up and looking at it with it deliberately not unlocked. Fingerprint unlock is very hard to accidentally trigger (and then accidentally wind up touch-interacting with stuff on the screen). I suspect face unlock is more trigger happy, but maybe I'm wrong.
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Scuttlebutt πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @scuttlebutt@farticle.cloud
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@cks You can do that (locked, looking at whatever is on the screen) without it auto unlocking by face. I have to swipe up from the bottom to have the Face ID do its thing. Swipe one way for camera while still locked, or swipe the other way for a dashboard thing.
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Scuttlebutt πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @scuttlebutt@farticle.cloud
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@cks Swipe to camera does NOT enable people to go from camera app to looking at your photos, unless you are looking at the camera right when doing the swipe to camera screen.
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@StarkRG@myside-yourside.net
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@scuttlebutt Had you asked this a year ago, it would have been 6 years, sadly I was forced to get a new one
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Scuttlebutt πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @scuttlebutt@farticle.cloud
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@StarkRG The cycle begins anew.
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Cetraria @Cetraria@neurodifferent.me
7mo
@scuttlebutt oh dang, I misread that as your favorite mobile phone. There are no more features on current phones to quality as a favorite anymore, just smartphone blandness.
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Back To Analog @backtoanalog@mastodon.social
7mo
@scuttlebutt

The only reason I have a new phone is because I los my android phone. My new phone is Linux - FuriOS's FLX1.
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Graham Palmer @gpnaturephotos@aus.social
7mo
@scuttlebutt Less than one year - huge cost so deserves to be counted!
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Ángel @angel@triptico.com
7mo
My mobile phone is a Xiaomi from mid-2018, cracked screen, but still works. I use it as less as possible.
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Mx. Eddie R @silvermoon82@wandering.shop
7mo
@scuttlebutt
This one is under 2 years (maybe under 1), but the predecessor made it 6 years or so.
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Marcos Dione @mdione@en.osm.town
7mo
@silvermoon82 @scuttlebutt yeah, probably the poll should be 'how long do you keep your phone, barring or including partial or total destruction" :-P
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Mike Weston @mweston@mindly.social
7mo
@scuttlebutt Used to upgrade every two years but switched to three years. Currently have a Pixel 9 Pro, which replaced a Pixel 6 a little over a year ago (was happy they decided to make Pros that are not too big).

Curious about Bryan (@resplendent606) running GrapheneOS on a Pixel 6, since I still have that and might like to experiment...
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Army of the 12 Muskrats @OrdRadical@beige.party
7mo
@scuttlebutt
Votes without checking. Samsung S20 FE 5G probably bought it in 2021 or 2022. So closer to 3+ years.
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Lennart Petersson @lennart@mastodonsweden.se
7mo
@scuttlebutt 10 years Pixel XL
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Calicoday ​:gamedev:​ @calicoday@mastodon.gamedev.place
7mo
@scuttlebutt my actu phone is an iphone 7, though I have an iphone x for dev.
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fabiosantoscode @fabiosantoscode@mastodon.social
7mo
@scuttlebutt mine's from 2017. I've taken it to the repair shop quite a few times and replaced the glass made-to-break back cover with a plastic one myself.

Feels good to keep it running for so long.
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harmoniousanger @harmoniousanger@zeroes.ca
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@scuttlebutt iphone 4s, a gift, and well protected by an otterbox case. thats 12+ years old.
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Scuttlebutt πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @scuttlebutt@farticle.cloud
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@harmoniousanger Amazing, and hope it continues to do it's job for you.
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marthasterias @marthasterias@mastodon.green
7mo
@scuttlebutt thinking back over the mobile phone era, I think I had 7 phones in total over 25 years. Two were unscheduled replacements as one got stolen and one broke unexpectedly. The current one is going on 6 years and I'm dreading having to replace it one day.
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aeva @aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place
7mo
@scuttlebutt 10 years
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Scuttlebutt πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @scuttlebutt@farticle.cloud
7mo
I'm still rocking a 2020 era iPhone 12 mini. Runs iOS 26 just fine.

www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/how-device-hoarding-by-americans-is-costing-economy.html
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Common Sparrow @CommonSparrow@mindly.social
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Bought my original cell phone - (NOT a smart phone) - for $10 in 2007. Tracfone with minutes purchased as needed. When 2g stopped working, they sent me a new 3g dumbphone free. When 3g stopped working (Jan 2022), they sent a 4g dumbphone free. Both times, they tried to talk me into paying to "upgrade" to a smartphone instead, but I said nope, just the free replacement for my old phone is fine. So if you don't count the forced replacements, I'm using the same $10 phone I bought in 2007.
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Scuttlebutt πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @scuttlebutt@farticle.cloud
7mo
@CommonSparrow Stahp, you’re falling off the of the far end of the bell curve and making people question their life choices :)
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Ben Pfaff @blp@framapiaf.org
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@CommonSparrow @scuttlebutt I do remember back many years ago when I got an extender for 3G (probably not the right term--a device that has a small radius 3G signal and plugged into your home Internet) I had to buy a new phone because my own phone was a dumb 2G one. I had asked the vendor about that but they said, "ha no one still has a 2G only phone."
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Jonathan W @chailey@tech.lgbt
7mo
@scuttlebutt iPhone 11 from early 2020. Bought off work for UKP100 when they made me redundant! Am eking out its life by having treated it to a new battery earlier this year. :-)
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Lilith β˜­β’Ά (she/they/it) @Lilith@fediblock.pixelfucker.com
7mo
@scuttlebutt pixel 6, so it's 4 years old. Still going strong
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Rolf Cronberg @rolfcronberg@mastodon.nu
7mo
@scuttlebutt I have a six year old IPhone 11 Pro.
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Scuttlebutt πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @scuttlebutt@farticle.cloud
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@rolfcronberg Time flies.
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Rolf Cronberg @rolfcronberg@mastodon.nu
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@scuttlebutt It should do for a couple of years more.
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Christopher Evans @becomingwisest@hachyderm.io
7mo
@scuttlebutt @arrjay I’ve got my wife’s prior 12, and I still have the X laying around.
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rj @arrjay@tacobelllabs.net
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@becomingwisest @scuttlebutt I’ve got a weird gap going on because I bought the iPhone SE 3 basically the month they stopped selling it in Apple stores, so it’s the newest of an older phone?
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Alien_Sunset @Alien_Sunset@dice.camp
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@scuttlebutt iPhone 8, but i don’t think i actually got it until 2018, so, 7? Years old.
Although i did have to have the battery replaced last year.
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Lyn @frogglin@theblower.au
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@scuttlebutt Mine's a refurb and I dropped it and cracked the screen but it still works so meh.
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Edelruth, PBS Passport Holder @Edelruth@mastodon.online
7mo
@frogglin @scuttlebutt

Mine too 🀣! Crack, that is. I'd take it in for a new screen, but I'd rather edit the occasional crack-typo than fight off an unrelenting sales pitch.
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Lyn @frogglin@theblower.au
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@Edelruth @scuttlebutt oh same.
Thankfully mine hits the z and x so rarely a typing issue.
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Doug β€œDark and Stormy Night” @RandomCanuck@cosocial.ca
7mo
@scuttlebutt Six years or so. iPhone 11
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Anne @annecavicchi@mindly.social
7mo
@scuttlebutt while this phone is only about 2 years old, I typically keep them 5 or more years… I don’t feel the need to constantly upgrade to the newest ones.
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Yuki Hazuki Β·π‘˜π‘΅π‘’π‘˜ Β·π‘Ύπ‘¨π‘Ÿπ‘΅π‘’π‘˜ θ‘‰ζœˆθ†€ ❄️ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ @Yuki@groupe-tazor.com
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@scuttlebutt I have a Pixel 6a from 2022, it says here it is "expected to receive 5 years of major OS upgrades and security updates" and I'm fully intending it to last me the full 5 years at least
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Bryan (he/him) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @resplendent606@climatejustice.social
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@scuttlebutt

Google Pixel 6, second hand. I loaded GrapheneOS on it.
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Ben Pfaff @blp@framapiaf.org
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@scuttlebutt I normally buy a new one when the old one stops working, which is about 3-4 years usually
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Scuttlebutt πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @scuttlebutt@farticle.cloud
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Wow, this poll is doing numbers. Pun intended.
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nitrofurano @nitrofurano@ciberlandia.pt
7mo
@scuttlebutt 18 years, I dont use since then! xD
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Pierre-Yves Martin @pmartin@mastodon.obspm.fr
7mo
@scuttlebutt nokia X20, 7 year old… but it starts to crumble…
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gam3 @gam3@ruby.social
7mo
@scuttlebutt Moto G5. - fits in my hand (~ 5 in) . has replaceable battery. Twin Sim cards.
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Scuttlebutt πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @scuttlebutt@farticle.cloud
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@gam3 An actual hand held phone vs mini tablet :)
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Edelruth, PBS Passport Holder @Edelruth@mastodon.online
7mo
@scuttlebutt

2017.

It's a Samsung Galaxy Note 8.

What can I say, they made a great phone when they made this.
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rawe @stereo4x4@techhub.social
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@scuttlebutt bought a used fairphone 3 in 2022. Still works fine with custom ROM.
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@tlariv@mastodon.cloud
7mo
@scuttlebutt
2019 OnePlus 7 Pro
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coloniis @coloniis@nrw.social
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@scuttlebutt Nokia 1200. Manufactured 2007. Has GSM, so works on 2G networks - which has still good support in Germany.
It is very handy, fits in every pocket, and one hand is enough to fully operate it conveniently. Has killer apps like SMS, flashlight, a game (Snake), Clock, Calendar with reminder. Nice melodies. Battery swapping in 2 seconds. Standby 14 days, with moderate usage 7 days.
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Jennifer Moore 😷 @unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz
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@scuttlebutt

This phone is 7 years old I think, although I haven't had it 7 years - got it secondhand off eBay.
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Scuttlebutt πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @scuttlebutt@farticle.cloud
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@unchartedworlds that counts, given the recent news article trying to blame some down economy on people not upgrading yearly

If a device is used many years that’s a good thing imo
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TeflonTrout ​:bc:​ @TeflonTrout@beige.party
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@scuttlebutt

My galaxy note 20 was on its third screen before I got this Unihertz Tank Mini, I need something more durable.

This thing is tough, they sell replacement parts, and it's held together with honest-to-fuck screws. Built to be repaired.
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Angelic_Mew ablobcatreach @Angelic_Mew@mastodon.online
7mo
@scuttlebutt I'm using a Samsung S10e running @e_mydata

ablobcatheartsqueeze
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Daarin @daarin@mastodon.social
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@scuttlebutt Got my Galaxy A5 in the year 2018.
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Nathan A. Stine @stinerman@mastodon.social
7mo
@scuttlebutt moto g7 power. It was my mother-in-law's phone. I've used it for about a year. It replaced my Pixel 2 XL.

Running @LineageOS 22.2! It's underpowered but still ticking.
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Tim Richards @timrichards@aus.social
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@scuttlebutt My last iPhone, an XR, lasted for five years with no problems. Hoping to get that out of my iPhone 15 as well.
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