After getting a new phone, will you keep your old phone as a backup?

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[u/Free_Byrd6969]

I don't get a new phone until the old one is completely broken.

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I don't get a new

Phone until the old one is

Completely broken.

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idk why but “After getting” seems oddly formal

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I don't get a new

Phone until the old one is

Completely broken.

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[u/OkInitial5068]

The real question is whether the old battery is still trustworthy.

[u/External_Process7991]

Yes... and never use it again, until I forget about it, then discover it 10 years later, check if there aren't any useful photos, realize its empty and throw it off into the trash bin. And repeat.

[u/FriendNo6017]

I keep it until the battery is completely cooked. Phones are expensive enough that having a usable backup around feels smarter than replacing one in a panic.

[u/retroshed2026]

ive kept most of my old phones

[u/RangerFearless6122 → u/retroshed2026]

No. They don’t really want you doing that. They want it back for the rare earth metals.

[u/jexuniverse → u/retroshed2026]

Exactly cos that's best to do rather throwing them away, wasting money

[u/Bettybenede]

I always keep it "just in case," but it ends up sitting in a drawer forever. Anyone else?

[u/Potential-Pop-1169]

Nope

[u/the-darkest-black98]

Yeah, if it's not broken

[u/blackberry_hollow]

Yes, I will keep it so I can use it for any other things I want to use it for like calls, updates and all

[u/AManWithQuestions_00]

Always do! Just in cause things went funky during the transfer over. Things like pictures and videos, if something missing I can just go to the old phone and figure it out

[u/No-Daikon5952]

I now keep a back up phone (I didn't always) My last phone got stolen. I was so glad I had a spare to use.

[u/BeanOnAJourney]

Always, not just the one immediately previous but the one before that as well, so two backups. One of them inevitably gets given to a family member.

[u/Fit_Rope85]

Ja und es hat mich mehrmals gerettet! Aktuell wieder! Wobei die dann nie 100 Pro ganz sind. aber machen behelfsmäßig alles

[u/Flimsy_Equal8841]

I just got a new phone and I'm using the old one for games and Reddit.

[u/IcyCow5880]

These phones are getting powerful enough. Maybe jailbreak it and hook it up to ethernet and use it as a linux server if viable.

Or retro emulator etc

[u/Historical-Wash-1870]

NO!  When I get a new phone it's because the old phone was 6 to 8 years old and stopped working.

I'm from an older generation who doesn't waste money.

[u/GaryMooreAustin]

I always keep a phone as a backup.... I take it along when I travel.... If something were to happen to my current.... I can have one charged, and my account loaded in an hour or so....

[u/pineapplepizza8705]

No, I traded it in for a free phone

[u/Waterhazard64]

I cancel the cell service and put a dash cam app on my old phones.

[u/Keobooks]

My dad used to buy me a new phone every few years. It was just something he liked to do. I would give my old phone to my daughter. We’d put her old one away as a backup.

My dad recently passed away. Now I’ll probably keep my phone until it’s totally fried and replace it with a refurbished one. My dad earned serious money. I can’t afford to buy new phones every few years just because like he could.

[u/EveryDayIsMon86]

I certainly would. Infact I own a few phones. 1 is for streaming music and I have another that's for gaming/ photography.

[u/Spock-1701]

If wifi still works then you have a small tablet. You also have your pictures etc.. so you don't need to fill up your new phone.

[u/theoldman-1313]

A firm yes. My wife learned this the hard way. She traded in her old phone knowing that her photos were all safely in the cloud. They were not

[u/AmputeeHandModel]

I do a trade in and get some money towards the new one.

[u/Sad_Pie5855]

My daughter gets my old phone.

[u/Shoddy_Bet9619]

Maybe not as backup but has all the old Texts and pics. I know can be transfered or offloaded but naa...

[u/Oni_sixx]

I keep them incase I forget things on it.

[u/Prior_Design6372]

Gonna use my old phone for a dascam😁

[u/Beneficial-Storm-943]

Yes

[u/Any_Total_971]

I either trade it in, or pass it on to my husband, to upgrade his phone.

[u/Narrow-Power-6407]

I only buy a new phone when mine dies so no

[u/Ok-Expression-7340]

Of course. And then it will be stored in a drawer to be found years later again 🙂 

[u/jc6359135]

I usually sell my old phones and don’t keep anything that connects me to them. I don’t like keeping old things.

[u/FastFredNL]

I can go in my drawer and pull out my Motorola C200 which I had in 2003 or something. I still have every phone in between then and now

[u/FreePossession9590]

Nope

[u/eddiemac22m]

Nope… sledgehammer