I get the idea because it's a measurable fact. Yes, in principle you can keep using your phone for as long as it is able to turn on. In practice cheap phones h

I get the idea because it's a measurable fact. Yes, in principle you can keep using your phone for as long as it is able to turn on. In practice cheap phones have worse built quality, often ship with versions of Android that are obsolete on arrival and/or do not receive updates. And in general, items that cost more are better taken care of. In the aggregate all of these mean that cheaper phones have a shorter expected lifespan than iPhones.