How Many Phones have You Lost or Broken?

[itsmejob]

I will start counting from the time I got my first job. My first phone was a hand-me-down from my cousin when I was in college.

My very first cellphone was a Nokia 1100. This was stolen while on a jeepney on my way to work. It was in my pocket.

My second phone was a Nokia 3510 or 5510 I can't remember which unit. But I remember this because it was my first colored phone. I was able to purchase 3 months after my first phone got stolen.

After a month or 2, I was able to purchase a different brand. I bought an Sony Ericsson W300i. A music phone. It lasted longer and it died down because of age.

I bought local brand phones in transition to buying Blackberry phone. I got mine around 2011. I bought the Blackberry Curve 9300. It got broken because of old age. I still have the phone with me but it is not working.

After this, I bought Android phones, Acer mobile, which I bought around 2012. It did not work after 3 years of using it.

I bought Samsung J7 Pro in 2015. It stopped working after 4 years.

I bought an Oppo phone around 2019. I got the Oppo A94 brand, I liked it because of the quality.

I bought another phone while I still have the Oppo in Feb 2023, I got the Realme C35.

My Oppo A94 and Realme C35 were both stolen in the dorm by a dormmate.

And now I have a Samsung Galaxy A34 5G and planning to buy Infinix Zero 30 5G as my second phone for livestreaming.

Overall, I lost/stolen 4 phone since I started working in 2003. And broken total of 4. I did not break any phones, they got broken because of the span of years they were used.

 

[freelancermaria]

I have never lost a phone because I am always careful especially when commuting. I only broke 1 phone and it was a Motorola V3 that I purchased at a brick-and-mortar store.

 

[kerryjoy]

Wow , those are a lot of phones, well as for me i bought my first phone last year, hopeful it will not get broken or stolen,

 

[itsmejob]

I have never lost a phone because I am always careful especially when commuting. I only broke 1 phone and it was a Motorola V3 that I purchased at a brick-and-mortar store.

I was also very careful that's why I had phones lasted for 4 years. It's just that I have never expected that there were pick-pocketers and the latest was a dormmate in Cubao when I worked onsite in Feb to July 2023.

 

[kerryjoy]

I was also very careful that's why I had phones lasted for 4 years. It's just that I have never expected that there were pick-pocketers and the latest was a dormmate in Cubao when I worked onsite in Feb to July 2023.

i thought pickpockets were only found in my country

 

[SHAHID987]

If we are talking about third world country then here at least every individual will tell new story as how his phone was snatched. Here it is routine practice. My two phones has snatched and one lost.

 

[Kirubel]

That is a lots of phones, lol, to be honest, never lost or broke a phone in my life, i change phone to upgrade it, and i give my old phone to my sister or little brother.

 

[aninditasen]

I will start counting from the time I got my first job. My first phone was a hand-me-down from my cousin when I was in college.

My very first cellphone was a Nokia 1100. This was stolen while on a jeepney on my way to work. It was in my pocket.

My second phone was a Nokia 3510 or 5510 I can't remember which unit. But I remember this because it was my first colored phone. I was able to purchase 3 months after my first phone got stolen.

After a month or 2, I was able to purchase a different brand. I bought an Sony Ericsson W300i. A music phone. It lasted longer and it died down because of age.

I bought local brand phones in transition to buying Blackberry phone. I got mine around 2011. I bought the Blackberry Curve 9300. It got broken because of old age. I still have the phone with me but it is not working.

After this, I bought Android phones, Acer mobile, which I bought around 2012. It did not work after 3 years of using it.

I bought Samsung J7 Pro in 2015. It stopped working after 4 years.

I bought an Oppo phone around 2019. I got the Oppo A94 brand, I liked it because of the quality.

I bought another phone while I still have the Oppo in Feb 2023, I got the Realme C35.

My Oppo A94 and Realme C35 were both stolen in the dorm by a dormmate.

And now I have a Samsung Galaxy A34 5G and planning to buy Infinix Zero 30 5G as my second phone for livestreaming.

Overall, I lost/stolen 4 phone since I started working in 2003. And broken total of 4. I did not break any phones, they got broken because of the span of years they were used.

I have never broken or lost a phone.

 

[eLdavis]

LoL I can't even keep count of the amount of phones I have lost ( was stolen from me) that was in the past though. It won't happen again.

 

[Carson20t]

I am really bad with phones, I have lost count since 2018 how many phones I have had. The thing is that I do not drink nor am I found in very crowded places most of the time. Also, I have never been robbed of any phone but I replace a phone at least three times in a year. I was beginning to like my Samsung Galaxy Note 9 but suddenly the screen broke and I am yet to replace it.I am contemplating upgrading the phone once I get some free money this month or next month's end. I am back on a temporally phone an infinix note 4. Back to 3G and 1 GB RAM, It is a mess right now.

 

[Fidelia]

I am really bad with phones, I have lost count since 2018 how many phones I have had. The thing is that I do not drink nor am I found in very crowded places most of the time. Also, I have never been robbed of any phone but I replace a phone at least three times in a year. I was beginning to like my Samsung Galaxy Note 9 but suddenly the screen broke and I am yet to replace it.I am contemplating upgrading the phone once I get some free money this month or next month's end. I am back on a temporally phone an infinix note 4. Back to 3G and 1 GB RAM, It is a mess right now.

I can imagine what phone usage would feel for you having used a 4G phone with 2GB RAM to downgrade to a 3G phone. But you have got to manage.

Last year, I was robbed off my phone in February, bought another one by April, slept on it and the screen got messed up around August. Had a temporary phone from that time till January this year that I got a new phone. That's 3 phones in a year. And that has always been the average. I think I need to be more careful.

 

[AruneBend]

Well of course incidents happen I broke a few phones or they just stopped working for some reason however I wouldn't say I broke a lot of phones even if I'm not really careful

 

[Carson20t]

I can imagine what phone usage would feel for you having used a 4G phone with 2GB RAM to downgrade to a 3G phone. But you have got to manage.

Last year, I was robbed off my phone in February, bought another one by April, slept on it and the screen got messed up around August. Had a temporary phone from that time till January this year that I got a new phone. That's 3 phones in a year. And that has always been the average. I think I need to be more careful.

That is so sad and it is true, we need to be more careful. The experience has been terrible I tell you but I am just happy that I have a ranting buddy. We can rant about how we just find ourselves replacing phones like that. I am really in a mess right now but I am not enjoying my user experience on my temporary phone and I am embarrassed with my phone because it even freezes and it cannot accommodate apps like Poppo.

 

[mrki444]

Zero. All my phones lost functionality. Last two are still in function but now my brother use them. I don't lost my phones and smash it.

 

[codescript94]

It's difficult for a phone to last more than two years with me, all my smartphones last a maximum of 1 and a half years and after that they start to have software problems.

 

[itsmejob]

That is a lots of phones, lol, to be honest, never lost or broke a phone in my life, i change phone to upgrade it, and i give my old phone to my sister or little brother.

All my previous phones were in a bad condition and didn't work for me anymore. Although I accidentally dropped some of them, they were still functional. The only phone I gave away to my brother was my BlackBerry phone, which I replaced with a new Android phone.

 

[deucher]

I've never lost a phone, but I did break my second phone, a Samsung A5. It happened very accidentally because I got into the car and the phone was in my pocket and it fell out at the moment when I was awake but had not yet closed the door, and then it was run over by the same car