How long did your smartphone last?

[ny biker]

Read this (termination fees from Radio Shack) and make sure you don't get bitten.

Good luck - I hate dealing with cell phone stuff.

Yes this is why I returned the phone immediately. I asked what would happen if the phone broke, and they said I would have to either buy my next one from them or pay them $400.

I sent a letter with the returned phone to explain that the people on the phone gave me one return authorization number but the email had a different one, just to be on the safe side. They processed the return quickly. My guess is they have lots of practice handling returns!!

Now that the return is done and Verizon reinstated my upgrade qualification, I will buy the new phone from them, probably tonight.

update: New phone ordered from Verizon, expected to arrive in 2 business days. Fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly and that I like the new phone.

Next project: trying to figure out why I get so attached to inanimate objects just because I've had them for a while. Because I'm still wavering between looking forward to the new phone and feeling oddly sad about getting rid of the old one. I can be so weird sometimes...