Well, yes and no... The battery is usually the first thing to crap out, but sometimes a phone is just obsolete. Processors and RAM advance so quickly, that phones today are a lot better than they were 2 years ago. Try using an Samsung S4, and see how awful some apps respond to that older hardware.The reason most people buy new phones is not because they want a new phone it's because they need a new phone battery.
I guess the battery argument works more for iPhone than for Android. Gf is using a four year old iPhone, mine is two years old, and my sister's is 5 year old. Mom just bought a new one after 5 years because of the battery.Well, yes and no... The battery is usually the first thing to crap out, but sometimes a phone is just obsolete. Processors and RAM advance so quickly, that phones today are a lot better than they were 2 years ago. Try using an Samsung S4, and see how awful some apps respond to that older hardware.