My iPhone 16 is less than a year, but I usually keep them 3-5 years.
Actually, I usually save one or two old ones to repurpose. For example, I have one of our older iPhone XR’s mounted on the entertainment center in our camper. That one is connected to the campers AV system via an HDMI so I can use it for music and video streaming.
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I loved my Star Tac. I think that was my 2nd cell phone. I don’t remember what the first one was, but it was a bar type.
I had a Palm Treo for work from around that time and loved that one.
In the early days of cell phones, my nephew worked at an independent cell store. He always gave me cool stuff he no longer wanted. I had a flickering battery for my Nokia 5110. Here is a video of what the 5110 looked like.
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“…released in 1996, was the world’s first flip phone and became highly popular due to its compact size and lightweight design.” -wiki
I’d forgotten it was the first flip. 
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It’s the one I always think of as the first to use that form factor, anyway. I think my uncle had one. My parents had the RAZRs when those were popular.
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@WildBill 's was flippish.
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I suspected The Pager would get dinged. 
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