I've had a phone since I was 13, now I am 15 and have probably had 2 or 3 before my current one. I always buy my own phone, unless my old one stops working and it's not my fault. My current one cost me £25 ($50) from Tescos (like WalMart) and it will not die! I want one with a better camera, but my current one has had the shit (omg - I must be a crack whore!) beaten out of it and it still works just fine. It's been out in storms on trails without a waterproof, my horse has trodden on it, almost eaten it, I have dropped it a million times trying to answer it on horseback, it was washed (mum, not me!) and has had various other 'mishaps' and yet it still turns on. Sony Ericson (sp?) for those interested. Previous one was a Nokia brick, worked for ages (mums before mine) but finally died after being washed up. I was tired, and on autopilot. So I thought it was a knife or something. Who knows? It was like midnight lol.