Hahaha excellent thread full of funny posts.
Anyways, yes, I have done so with my phone. I used to have some red LG flip phone for a while through high school, up until I got an LG Dare in say, oh, 2009? 10? I call that a "dumbphone" because it had a nasty, crappy touchscreen, horrible texting interface, etc. etc. However, being a contrarian shithead kid like I was, I bucked against upgrading to a fancy-schmancy iPhone until Summer 2014, almost a year ago to the very day. Love me my iphone though. It's like a nasty drug habit, but my bathroom trips have been far more interesting (Thanks, Quora!).
I also forewent buying an Xbox One because console gaming has gone down the pooper, bought desktop PC parts for the equivalent to what I would have spent buying games/content for it anyways, built a very powerful, big, gaming rig (affectionately titles "Dumptruck" for its sheer size), and saved thousands of dollars getting free games, movies, and tv shows (however that may happen).
However, my hearing aids stayed ultra-current thanks to my previous health insurance provider, but I will have to stay with this version of them for a while since Obamacare doesn't cover hearing aids and they can cost around $5000 for a new pair.