A high school friend was visiting over my finals week and we always have the same discussion each time we see each other, “When are you going to get a new phone, my god!”

If you need a reference, see the photo below…

The screen is now protected by cellophane and the ink on the pads have all rubbed off.  How old do you think this phone is?  1999?  2002?  If you guessed either, you’d be wrong.  The phone was new in late 2003.  That’s only 7 years ago.  Now that is really not that long ago, however in tech years that like 7 decades.  Compare that phone to my iPhone 3G…

Technology has come leaps and bounds in a very short amount of time.  Just imagine how phones will look and how they will function in another 5 or 7 years?  You think that iPhone 3GS is cool now, just wait a few more years!

I have to give my friend credit.  7 years with the same device!  Now that is one impressive feat.  My technology heart flutters and begins to fail after 14 or 16 months with the same device.  Could you live with your iPhone or Droid for the next 7 years?