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> > Just why should people throw out perfectly working phones every year or so, just to make you happy?
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> But that is what many people do (according to my experience) - I can't understand it, but after 1-2 years they boast about their brandnew phone
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A non-small proportion certainly.
I actually might have one of the oldest mobile phones still in regular use. Its one great feature is..., wait for it..., a flash-light with all the light of a single Christmas light-bulb. Not bad as a throwing weapon though.
I don't want to drive the discussion into another direction but do you really think your mobile phone is the oldest still in regulear use ?!? Can you top my 14 years old Nokia 6210