NEWS
People aren't getting bored or embarrassed about their ageing mobiles with most keeping their trusted handset for at least one or two years - and many much longer.
Five mobile trends to watch…
What's the mobile world got in store for 2008? 
In the latest silicon.com poll, the majority of the 388 respondents (28 per cent) said they've owned their current mobile phone for one to two years.
But, indicating phones can last more than a couple of years, many respondents said they've had their current handset for more than two years.
Of these, 15 per cent said they've had their mobile for two to three years, 14 per cent three to five years and 13 per cent five to 10 years - and one per cent even admitted to having had the same phone for more than 10 years.
But there are a significant proportion of people who have had their phone upgraded more recently, with 16 per cent saying they've had their current phone for less than a year and 13 per cent less than six months.
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1. Simon Curry
No suprise new phones dont bounce, they have facilities we dont want and a lack of car kits - no bluetooth is good but it does not charge yuor phone just runs the battery down quickly.
2. Jeremy Wickins
I answered the poll, stating that *I* have had my current phone for two years. In fact, the actual phone has been in use for longer than that, as it was my nephew's previously, and when he got his annual upgrade, he passed the previous phone on to his mum (my sister), and I got the one she had been using, which she had got from my nephew the year before! I think the phone has been in continuous use for at least 4 years. Better than that, my wife took my old phone, which I'd had for three years. We tend to work on the basis of "Does it make calls and send/receive SMS?". If the answer is positive, it is fit for purpose! Nothing else on a phone matters, at least to us.
3. Julian Nicholls
Part of this is the fact that 18-month and even 2-year contracts are becoming normal.