>There is 0 reason a modern phone couldn’t be used for the rest of your life. A phone, yes. A 'modern' phone conforming to our 'modern' expectations, no. It w

>There is 0 reason a modern phone couldn’t be used for the rest of your life. A phone, yes. A 'modern' phone conforming to our 'modern' expectations, no. It would have to be significantly larger, less performant, and have a worse screen for it to last even ten years. To make it repairable you'd have to make sure individual chips and capacitors are swappable, which costs ~2x power draw compared to a SOC.