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It depends.

If there is a decent upgrade then I will upgrade it. If it is just a new version of an old thing... I'll use the old thing until it falls apart.

Depends on what it is

Both. iPhones are replaced every 4-5 years. Appliances and TV’s are replaced when they start to act up or die.

I upgraded my old washer and dryer because I thought they wouldn’t last. They were already 20 years old. I got a pair of LG from Costco. They didn’t last 5 years. Garbage. I wish I still had my old ones.

I dont think ive ever got something just as an upgrade, ever. My last phone got replaced when i dropped it in just the right way to disable half the screen. The one before that got replaced when it was no longer able to install newer apps because it's version of android couldnt be updated anymore. My computer is 11 years old, my laptop is 8 years old, I still use Cathode ray tube TVs, and my primary car is from 2002. I couldnt care less about having new flashy things. Saving money feels better than having a flatscreen ever could.

Usually, I buy new items when the old ones die. I’m getting my first new cell phone (iPhone) before this one dies. I took my late husband’s old cell phones in the past when he upgraded. I think he bought me a new flip phone years ago. Then I had his old Razer and two Blackberries. When I started with iPhones, they were new. I replaced when dying up until now. My daughter talked me into it.
I’ve never bought a new TV unless it had to be replaced except for putting a TV in a room that had not had one before.
Appliances: Replace when dead or dying.
Cars: Same as appliances. Replaced one in the seventies to get better gas mileage. May replace the one I have now due to absurd repair costs.

They aren’t making the time any easier to change on these things. Once I learn how to set the clock I’m keeping it! And btw, you can unplug a desktop computer for weeks and it’ll keep the time, why hasn’t this technology passed on to my microwave? One thunderstorm and it takes forever to get all the appliances saying the same damn time! Get with it appliance designers!

Usually when they die, but with phones and computers it’s been to upgrade. Our toaster oven has become a protester, refusing to work until I thumb it repeatedly. Our relatively new LG fridge groans often and loudly, but we pay it no mind.

My droid phone is missing 1/2 inch o screen on the right side, I can't see the P when I type it.

I have a home warranty that covers most of my appliances, but I wait until my electronics ,like TV’s cease to function before a get a new one