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A decade or two ago I remembered the only time people upgraded were when their device became non-functional. However these days it seems to me that it is norm to change devices every time a newer version comes out. And this form of consumerism is most pronounced in the mobile phone community. Partly because the mobile phone technology evolves faster than other technology.
I wonder how many people still use their until it dies or at least have a upgrade plan (eg I upgrade phone every 3 years, laptop every 4 years, DSLR every 6 years).
I used to upgrade approx every 1.5 - 2 years when I had a dumbphone My first "smartishphone" was the Nokia e70 that still works and I keep it for backup. I then bought an Xperia X1which I used until it died, although about 6 months prior to battery spazzing out I used it as a work phone as I purchased a HD2 for private use. When it died I used a combo of my e70 and HD2. Then last year in November (I think) I then purchased a EVO 3d which I now use as my personal phone and my HD2 as my work phone, the e70 went back in the drawer for when I need it next.
Cool story huh bro? So I guess the moral of it is that I upgrade whenever I cant fight the itch anymore and I never get rid of my old phones even if they are broken.
I upgraded from a dumbphone to my first smartphone: Nokia E72, but I hated the OS when I saw what Android could do, so I bought a SGS. Which I am willing to use till it dies because of the many ROMS and stuff still being made for it.
I only upgrade when my contract is up. It is a 24 month contract so that is when I will upgrade.
For me it is important to get good hardware at the time of purchase and make sure you can load the latest software on top, because at the end of the day what makes the device tick is the software it has inside it... Thank god for XDA community of hackers
I'm using a like 5 year old deskop running vista. I am going to upgrade that once windows 8 comes out.
I have a transformer that i see no reason to upgrade.
MY first phone was an iPhone 3G and i had that for a year till iOS 4 came and totally killed it. Then I upgraded to an iPhone 4 right after they came out in Canada.
Now this month I am upgrading to a Galaxy Nexus because, well the iphones still good, put siri on it and it does what I want to it but i am just sick and tires of iOS and really want something different.
Point and shoots only get replaced when they are destroyed and TV's only get replaced once they stop working
I'm not a big upgrade-a-holic i let my stuff live a good life and i'm upgrading my my iPhone because I still have 18 months on contract and I do not see me using it for another 18 months... and the sooner i get this one the cheaper my next one will be
I go through a ridiculous amount of phones, 5 last year.
I'd upgrade today from my EVO 3d if the HTC edge was out now I love HTC
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i may not always wait for it to die, but i'll go a good amount of time with a phone till I like another one, I had a few nokia phones for years, they were just solid
i hate upgrading simply cuz of the fact that you have to extend your contract. i recently got my htc vivid.. and im planning to stick to it until it dies.
Prior to switching over to WP7, I used to "upgrade" my android device weekly or bi-weekly. I was a Craigslist fiend and owned 67 phones in two years.
While I now own all WP7 devices, my daily driver for 9 months was the Dell Venue Pro and is now the Nokia Lumia 800. With WP7 you get high quality regardless of device so the need for frequent updates is kaput.
springy said:
I only upgrade when my contract is up. It is a 24 month contract so that is when I will upgrade.
For me it is important to get good hardware at the time of purchase and make sure you can load the latest software on top, because at the end of the day what makes the device tick is the software it has inside it... Thank god for XDA community of hackers
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This is what I do. I upgrade as soon as AT&T will let me. I hate to extend the contract, but I don't see giving up a cell phone anytime soon, I haven't had a land line for years, so if I upgrade early it is like cutting some time off my contract. On a family plan, paying more than $100 a month they used to let you upgrade the primary line every 12 months (so people could buy each iPhone I think), but that ended this year. So I upgraded to the SGS II, the best device at the time, and still, and it should hold me over until may 2013 when I qualify again. By that time I hope to have LTE in my area too, so I will be able to get a second or third gen LTE phone on AT&T. If something really tickles me before then, I might try the 3 warranty replacement trick to upgrade early, but it'd have to be really good to beat the SGS II.
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A decade or two ago I remembered the only time people upgraded were when their device became non-functional. However these days it seems to me that it is norm to change devices every time a newer version comes out. And this form of consumerism is most pronounced in the mobile phone community. Partly because the mobile phone technology evolves faster than other technology.
I wonder how many people still use their until it dies or at least have a upgrade plan (eg I upgrade phone every 3 years, laptop every 4 years, DSLR every 6 years).
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I pick a time to upgrade my stuff. I aim for about 3 to 4 years out a desktop, but I will go for top of the range CPU, and add more RAM 9 months after getting it... So i7 2600K right now, and 12 GB RAM. That will see me through to 2014/2015 I hope.
Phone, I will see how it goes. I kept my hero from 18 months of date of purchase, but it was pretty diabolical performance-wise after 9 to 12 months, as other devices raced on. My SGS2 is now 8 months old, I think, yet is probably still the fastest all-round device on the market. So I am looking for AT LEAST 2 years out it, perhaps 2.5 or 3...
I only get a new phone when my old one breaks...I would still be on my droidx if the battery hadn't gone to mush and exploded. Now I can only get to the stock recovery.
But it was too early for an upgrade, but once I was on the phone with verizon for awhile and explained what happened they gave me an early upgrade.
z33dev33l said:
Prior to switching over to WP7, I used to "upgrade" my android device weekly or bi-weekly. I was a Craigslist fiend and owned 67 phones in two years.
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^^ Pretty much this for me too...
The HD7 was the first step to breaking the addiction, and now im planning on keeping my newly acquired HTC TITAN till third gen WP7 phones release. Seriously, the saturation of Android phones are bad for guys like me that like to always be up to date or have the newest thing. No more, WP7 is garanteed support and updates for at least 2 years so I dont have to worry anymore. Plus its great to get away from the Rom addiction and just enjoy the damn phone lol
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Yup! it's been three years with this HTC hero, I wonder how much longer it'll last?
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I would need a very compelling reason to upgrade. My phone dying would be one such reason. The only other would be a new device that ticks all the right boxes for me, and currently the phone i have is the only one that does that.
Carrier upgrades are a no go for me as Vodafone are awful for locking down, branding and delaying updates, even on Nexus devices which should get their updates directly from Google.
Only update when there is something worth updating to. My last phone was the HD2 then went to the captivate but traded it for.the Inspire which is what I had wanted but it hadn't hit yet. Now I will wait for a decent HTC phone to come out that is not just a minor hardware change. Maybe the quadcore will be enuff to make me update but too soon to tell. Inspire still does what I need it to and is fast as hell for me
I've only ever owned 3 smartphones. My first was the iPhone 3GS when it was first released I had it for 1 year and 3 months until it started playing up. I bought the phone outright biggest waste cost me 1G with the Apple care for 2 years. Apple then replaced the phone with a brand new one so I never opened it and sold it on Ebay for $600. I then bought my Desire HD had it for 6 or so months and I couldn't resist the Sensation XE when it was announced so I sold my Desire HD for $322 and bought the Sensation XE for $560 about 3 months ago and I'll have this phone until it dies.
Using my 10 years old pc with windows xp and using till it dies and I change phone when earler dies but I had SE w810 since 2007 and it still works but I wanted something new and small so bought this one and I think I will use it until 2013 summer when contract ends or until his end dont see purpose of spending money on high end phones its better to have psp or psv and small android for everyday using because every day theres new better android on sale but psp will stick few years unchanged and with same performance ofcourse maybe you have lot of money to spend it
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It all depends on the device, but phones in my house have the shortest upgrade cycle (24-36 months) while laptops and desktops can generally be refreshed with upgraded hardware halfway through their lifecycle lasting 4-5 years.
Tablets look like they are going to age fast...
Wife got me the Amaze as a surprise today =). I've had the glacier since its release. Rooted and installed a custom rom as soon as it was made available. It's been fun flashing all the various roms, and almost ****ting myself countless times when I thought I'd brick my phone lol. But I'll be back whenever I have to root and search for roms for someones phone lol. Ya'll have been a great help here answering my noob questions xD. See you later Glacier peeps!
My Fav roms were:
Virtuous Unity
Tooty Fruity ICS...just flashed this one 2 weeks ago lol
and Inferno Roms.
See ya around. Have fun with your new toy.
Enjoy official ics. I will be right behind you soon.
I'm jealous in a way..but in due time, I will have mine.
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I just found out they have the amaze for 79 bucks at frys with 2 year extension. Sweet!
I might get the amaze, if not the one s
If I helped, give thanks, if you please.
........Death before dishonor........
Still saving for the Sensation lol
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i have the amaze and the mytouch and im selling the mytouch for a galaxy nexus. im so heartbroken right now, but i really want a nexus. my mytouch is the best phone ive ever had
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i have the amaze and the mytouch and im selling the mytouch for a galaxy nexus. im so heartbroken right now, but i really want a nexus. my mytouch is the best phone ive ever had
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At least you'll have a Google phone. Nexus phones are the iPhones of android.
I wish I had the money to drop on phones like half the people on xda do, but I have other wants that are greater than some small cell phone. Like I want to build a gaming desktop consoles suck ass and the next gen won't be any different.
But if I could get a phone pretty cheap, then yea I'd get it. Otherwise, I could spend my money on other things actually worth their price.
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I2IEAILiiTY said:
At least you'll have a Google phone. Nexus phones are the iPhones of android.
I wish I had the money to drop on phones like half the people on xda do, but I have other wants that are greater than some small cell phone. Like I want to build a gaming desktop consoles suck ass and the next gen won't be any different.
But if I could get a phone pretty cheap, then yea I'd get it. Otherwise, I could spend my money on other things actually worth their price.
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I used to get phones by T mobile, by flexpay. You could sign a 2 yr deal, get new phones, whatever was free, just like monthly contracts. I would pay the bill for a few months, then get flexpay in my wifes name. I would pay hers for a few months, then apply in my name again. Flexpay it was flawed, because you could do that over & over getting free phones. That's why they got rid of flexpay because people were getting over like that. I did it like 4 times, and I don't know how they let me get by with it, I didn't lie? I kept new phones for several years. But I can't afford them now. I try to by them from people like my bro in law just sold me 2 like new MyTouch4g, for $80. I'm looking around for a couple Amazes right now.
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I used to get phones by T mobile, by flexpay. You could sign a 2 yr deal, get new phones, whatever was free, just like monthly contracts. I would pay the bill for a few months, then get flexpay in my wifes name. I would pay hers for a few months, then apply in my name again. Flexpay it was flawed, because you could do that over & over getting free phones. That's why they got rid of flexpay because people were getting over like that. I did it like 4 times, and I don't know how they let me get by with it, I didn't lie? I kept new phones for several years. But I can't afford them now. I try to by them from people like my bro in law just sold me 2 like new MyTouch4g, for $80. I'm looking around for a couple Amazes right now.
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2 Mytouches?! dangg... haha lucky you
btw the MT4G is free now on the T-Mobile website lol
Yea.. I had 4, but I sold 1, and now I have 3. Me, my wife, and my 4 yr old son uses my spare for games! He prefers my phone over his Nintendo 3ds!
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jjbadd385 said:
I used to get phones by T mobile, by flexpay. You could sign a 2 yr deal, get new phones, whatever was free, just like monthly contracts. I would pay the bill for a few months, then get flexpay in my wifes name. I would pay hers for a few months, then apply in my name again. Flexpay it was flawed, because you could do that over & over getting free phones. That's why they got rid of flexpay because people were getting over like that. I did it like 4 times, and I don't know how they let me get by with it, I didn't lie? I kept new phones for several years. But I can't afford them now. I try to by them from people like my bro in law just sold me 2 like new MyTouch4g, for $80. I'm looking around for a couple Amazes right now.
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Wouldn't you have to keep paying for the two-year contracts though?
Nah..for some reason they treated flexpay like prepaid. I didn't pay, & it was never on my credit. I think its why they got rid of flexpay..a lot of people were getting over.
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Nah..for some reason they treated flexpay like prepaid. I didn't pay, & it was never on my credit. I think its why they got rid of flexpay..a lot of people were getting over.
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That sounds so fantastic. You can finally be up-to-date on the latest & greatest with Android without paying a penny.
That must have cost them a crapload of money for those who abused it.
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As a former iphone owner and current galaxy S3 owner. Wondering how often android users buy or switch devices?
As we know with Apple we only update every two years. Seems like androids have a new king every few months. So how often for everyone?
I usually change on a year, Last year I had a Galaxy mini, Today I have Galaxy Gio
I think I will buy Galaxy S2 in next year
I change whenever I feel like my phone is starting to suck. I started using Android late in the game, so my transitions went like this.
Got first Android, 7 months later gets a better one, and I recently bought my third main phone after about 1 and a half months of using my second.
So I changed rapidly last time, but my first to second transition took more than half a year
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I just change my phones whenever I see a new one that I want, which is significantly better than my previous one.
Last year I had an X10 mini pro for about 5 months until the Xperia S came out. I've still got the Xperia S now but I got an S2 last month aswell. I probably won't upgrade until a new OS comes out, considering both of my phones will be getting JB.
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I keep mine longer than most apparently.
asr10user said:
As a former iphone owner and current galaxy S3 owner. Wondering how often android users buy or switch devices?
As we know with Apple we only update every two years. Seems like androids have a new king every few months. So how often for everyone?
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I am still using my Motorola Droid 2 that I have had for over a year and a half. It still does everything I need it to do. In my opinion, the question will be whether or not you feel the need to always have the latest and greatest gadget. I don't, obviously. LOL.
There will always be newer, nicer phones coming out than the one you have, especially since there are multiple manufacturers battling for your Android business, and I'm just not inclined to try to keep up.
2-3 years for me ... Using HTC One X with ARHD 9.3.1 haha won't change that fast XD
i only buy the new phone only until the now-using phone is broken, or i will never drop it away.
Usually every 2 years when my phone contract expires.
So it costs me a new device (like S3) a copayment about 50 € .... thats OK.
2-3 years for me :good:
Every year. I have it down to a science. Get first phone at a discount on contract. Wait a year and sell that phone for $200-$300. Come out of pocket $200 for a new phone. Wait another year and get another phone on contract. No point in me going to prepaid...I get such good discounts on T-mobile that it is completely worth me keeping my contract.
I got my first phone in 1998 and since then I'm on my 11th phone. 11 phones in 14 years. I'll try to use this atleast for 2 years. But you never know.
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As long as I have money enough to buy a new one
A year and a half at the very least. And depends on new phones that I might like.
Late 2010 I bought my first phone (Satio & it's Symbian) due to some short circuit around August 2011, I decided to get a new one which is Galaxy S Plus that I've been using since September 2011 till now.
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Nexus one
Trying to change my phone now but dont see my galaxy nexus dying anytime soon it still runs ics smooth as butter
I only change phones whenever my current phone gets broken or stolen. Otherwise, I have no reason to change it.
About once a year just to keep up with the latest tech and not get bored of a phone.
Hopefully the next HTC flagship / Nexus
1ST OG Droid
2nd incredible
3rd thunderbolt
4th incredible 2
5th Rezound
6th charge
Three of which have been repurposed as home modem, work modem, and 2 damn fresh Mp3 players.
Rezound is what I use for carry everywhere...and until it disintegrates or a four core , 2 gig Ram, no bigger than the thunderbolt comes out....Rezound it will be.
}}} my BUSINESS with Nils P was a REZOUNDing success on the ICS....uhmm 2.3 {{{
I buy 400$ phones every year sometimes 2 years
I don't change phone so often, just in case when i need it.
1st Samsung Galaxy 5 (DIED)
2nd Samsung Galaxy Mini (current)
3rd HTC One V (plan)
4th Sony Xperia P (plan)
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Everytime I see a phone that is slightly better ( read better performance) I want to buy it.. It`s just an impuls. I have to withold me everytime when i`m in a electronic store / phone shop to NOT to buy a new phone. Because I actually can`t afford it
So two weeks ago, I got my Galaxy S3 And today I saw my friend for the first time in a few weeks. He got an iPhone 5 while I got my S3. So we talked about how each of our respective phones was better. We ended by me betting that my S3 will last longer than his iPhone 5 in terms of who will get updates the longest. Whoever won would pay the next upgrade...and I'm pretty sure that I won't have $200 to spare two years from now.
My main question is whether or not you think I made a pretty good bet or not. I hope I did Thoughts?
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So two weeks ago, I got my Galaxy S3 And today I saw my friend for the first time in a few weeks. He got an iPhone 5 while I got my S3. So we talked about how each of our respective phones was better. We ended by me betting that my S3 will last longer than his iPhone 5 in terms of who will get updates the longest. Whoever won would pay the next upgrade...and I'm pretty sure that I won't have $200 to spare two years from now.
My main question is whether or not you think I made a pretty good bet or not. I hope I did Thoughts?
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You realize this is not a Nexus, right?
I don't think that was a safe bet. The iphones have a great track record of getting updates compared to Samsungs and even androids in general, IMO.
I didn't mention officially or not lol
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You should probably think a bit more carefully about your finances if you can't have an extra 200 dollars in two years.
Good thing you'll have 6 months between when they cut you off from updates at around 18 months and the end of your contract at 24. It'll give you time to come up with 400 bucks. 200 for your next phone (min.) and 200 for his.
No matter how good devs are..... at the rate things change with Android, even if you get a port of whatever OS Android uses at the time, I bet it won't have all the features, have glitches due to hardware limitations or unavailable drivers for months.
May I suggest marry rich or perhaps a second job?
Your best shots are
A) Hope your friend doesn't know better that you are flashing ROMS
B) Don't be friends in 2 years, the time honored way of escaping serious long term bets
From prior experience most droid only get updated for about a year then start to fall off think you may have made a boo boo on this one
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Don't worry get the s4 and he went even know. After all he is an iphone user.
On a different Note is that all you two could come with? How long you would get updates?
Remember that the ancient iPhone 3g is still running the newest updates
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the most retarded bet ever imo...the ibone obviously will get more updates, refer to what heshmonster said. apple only has 5 devices to release updates for in 5yrs time. Android has hundreds...dont take this the wrong way but android devices are like disposable cameras, once the film runs out they are trash. that being said i still will never get a iphone!
he can always hope Samsung finally wins a lawsuit and all the iphones get banned!
He can also hope for world peace though, just sayin'
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the most retarded bet ever imo...the ibone obviously will get more updates, refer to what heshmonster said. apple only has 5 devices to release updates for in 5yrs time. Android has hundreds...dont take this the wrong way but android devices are like disposable cameras, once the film runs out they are trash. that being said i still will never get a iphone!
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Well, 6, but who's counting?
Ya you lost that bet. Might as well pay now. He was a smart cookie for taking that bet though.
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The bet seems too vague considering that both devices can be flashed with hacked up firmware.
On the one side, I kept my original Moto Droid from the day it launched to the day I got my SGS3 preorder in the mail.
This is while I watched many colleagues go through many iterations of the iphone, each time buying an entirely new device.
The original Moto Droid actually just got JellyBean, and I know the original iphone can not even kind of run iOS 4, much less iOS 6.
If anything the iphone is the disposable camera in this scenario. Ever try to get anything above iOS 3 on a second generation iPod touch and you will know what I mean.
Back on topic though, the bet will not have a clear winner in 2 years. Try 4 years and you will see which device has the most longevity.
Ta,
ALQI
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I can imagine in the heat of the moment, we like to think that products like ours (with a popular modding community behind it) gives it a longer life span since modders will typically add new features from other phones to this one.
Horrible bet.
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Fun question for the start of Nexus 5 week. Have the Nexus phones reached "sheep" status? I personally would have taken a day off and lined up for 8 hours max.
I wouldn't line up for any phone. Life is too beautiful to waste it waiting in line for a piece of gadget.
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I would line up for any phone. Life is too beautiful to waste it waiting in lines for a piece of gadget.
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Wat
There needs to be a 'Yes I did line up on launch day, as the first and only person in the cue'. Took all of 15 minutes to walk from home to the store then back again with my fresh nexus.
Now that's a good launch day experience.
You forgot the <sarcasm></sarcasm> tags there, caribouxda.
As for me, no, I wouldn't wait in line for a smartphone of any kind, even if they were giving them away for free and I was guaranteed to get one regardless of my position in the line or the length of time I had to wait.
People actually do that sort of thing... how utterly pathetic.
This should be in the Q/A section.
No. I would wait in line for an hour so if guaranteed to get one. But I liked clicking refresh on computer and now patiently waiting. Just wish I would have know when announcing.
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Absolutely!
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I would have waited Friday. That's only because I lost my phone Halloween night and am stuck waiting for mine to ship. I'm on that "Ships in 2-3 weeks" bandwagon for a 32gb black. No backup phone or source of music in the car/gym either until it arrives.
lining up for crap is for itards, and their consoletard bretheren...
We are not that dumb or isheep. It sold out in 20ins didn't it? All versions
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I'd have gladly waited a few hours in line to get my hands on one. But only because my trusty old daily driver droid died 2 weeks before the N5 launch and I'm too cheap to buy a temporary replacement
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Fun question for the start of Nexus 5 week. Have the Nexus phones reached "sheep" status? I personally would have taken a day off and lined up for 8 hours max.
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I virtually lined up at the Playstore website for days hitting refresh like a madman until it silently appeared like a unicorn and almost gave me a heart attack!
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I would have bought the Nexus 5 at a retail store had it been available on launch day, but I would NOT "line up" for the privilege because no product is worth that. I tried that sort of BS once on Black Friday, and have come to the conclusion that I value my time too much to waste it sitting around in a line for hours for some electronic gadget.
Absolutely not. There are easier and more efficient ways to get 30 seconds of fame for being an idiot.
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I virtually lined up at the Playstore website for days hitting refresh like a madman until it silently appeared like a unicorn and almost gave me a heart attack!
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I woke up at midnight to see if it was updated and had my 3 favorite tech blogs and Google play on a 10 min page refresh... Lol
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Ive lined up for sneakers plenty of times. Never days of camping but maybe 7 hours tops. I would line up for for my nexus 5. Not days worth like iphone releases but if i could get it t best buy and i knew it would sale out i would line up a few hours
Im not good with line ups...so no lol.
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Question is invalid since you can't be sheep when there are options for high end device.
Dredyouall said:
There needs to be a 'Yes I did line up on launch day, as the first and only person in the cue'. Took all of 15 minutes to walk from home to the store then back again with my fresh nexus.
Now that's a good launch day experience.
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This was exactly my experience at Carphone Warehouse in Norwich, UK. The Apple Store is opposite and there were literally 100 people (sheep) queued up for the iPad Air. Incidentally, I waltzed into Carphone and out again in 5 mins flat being their only customer, they weren't even signed into their tills.
Then on Sunday I went into the Apple Shop and bought an iPad Air, MAN iOS 7 sucks ass! Suckers that queue up deserve to shot. Life is TOO short.
Maybe I'm biased by my working at the Apple Store.