I'm pretty bad about that.

I didn't think I was, but I am.

I recently sat down and tried to remember all the phones I've had, and wrote them down.

I had a number of flip phones over the years, but I only remember the dates roughly starting with my first android phone. That was 2010.

I've had 9 phones in 16 years. New phone roughly every 2 years. This is despite the fact that I kept my OG Samsung Note for like 4 years. This was BEFORE extended support cycles, so it only got like it's original version and like, one more. So I feel l dragged it into the future with custom roms. Those were good days.

But also I had to a Nexus 6 when I first started with project Fi, because my one plus one wasn't supported. The 6 sucked, so when the pixel came out I jumped ship immediately.

I was siren-songed into the pixel 2 with a gratuitous trade in.

Then I got the 4a on steep discount when the charging port on my 2 got flaky.

Then I got the 6.

Then there was a stupid good deal on the Samsung flip 5, literally $300, brand new, so even though my 6 was fine, I had to take the opportunity to experience a folding screen.

I used the flip 5 for 2 years, 6 months, and some change. And I'd still be using it now, if it had lived. All the flipping broke a wire inside, and it died.

So I went back to my 6, and you know what? It was great. Worked great. I vowed to use it until it died, I don't need no stinking new phone when there's no point anymore.

Then a month later something broke with the antenna or something, signal randomly comes and goes, calls drop, data drops. I'll go from full 5g to a dead zone. Restarting the phone does nothing. I've been fighting it for weeks, customer support, everything. No dice.

So now I need a new phone. And I hate it.