HT4623 my phone has NEVER had a software update button in my settings....what do I do?

Help me figure out my phone update before I have to buy a new phone please!

The aricle, that you linked to to come here, told you what/how to update your phone. Did you bother to read it, especially the part about using iTunes on your computer?
Updating OTA requires iOS 5.0 or higher.

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