The feeling of upgrading to something worse has always been my gripe. I think the last time a phone upgrade was purely positive for me was the switch from flipp

The feeling of upgrading to something worse has always been my gripe. I think the last time a phone upgrade was purely positive for me was the switch from flippy phones to touchscreens. I don't need whatever new gimmick they're pushing that year, which usually just serves to get in the way. I certainly don't see how I benefit from this new "feature" where my old earbuds don't work without a dongle. I use Android, and I agree that the Android ecosystem is worse about this, although neither option is acceptable. At this point I would pay more for a newly-manufactured model from 2010 than for the current model, if it could still support modern apps (even though it alludes me how the price keeps going up and not down).