Originally Posted by
markusc I'd better purchase more passports or classics
How many do you really think you'll need to survive the next 3-4 years? It's unlikely that they'll be very useful much beyond that - at the rate that carriers are changing frequencies and technologies, web technologies moving forward, etc., the hardware (radios, primarily), OS software and browser are going to be left behind sooner or later, and it's likely to be a lot sooner than you think.
I'd be the first to tell you to keep using your Classic as long as it works for you, but carriers are already working on rolling out 5G data tech, and are refarming old frequencies, etc. You could wake up tomorrow or any day soon and discover that you no longer get a signal in areas that are important to you, because frequencies were refarmed and your older phone lacks the proper radios to pull a signal. That's the nature of the technology. I have my trusty old Moto Razr, which still operates fine, but is completely useless because the radios in it are obsolete. The same with my first couple of Android phones - which again, still work (by themselves) but don't get a cell signal in most areas and won't get anything soon.
I'd be
very surprised if any BB10 phone was very functional 4 years from now (or any other phone from 2013/2014) - carriers and manufacturers simply don't support mobile devices for that long, and since very few people keep a device that long, they have no problem cutting them off when they need to make a change. Honestly, I think you have 2 years max, but 4 would be a very best case. You probably don't need a dozen phones to get you that far down the road, and it wouldn't be smart to throw so much money at old gear that you'll never get to use.
Still, you pays your money and you takes your chances...
