< sold soul to telecom industry
here in aus, our consumer laws give us about 5 years free warranty on most technology, including phones, but even that imo is a high turn over! when things are built to last they can go 10+ years easily, but because capitalism is an ugly beast, companies only make them last as long as the minimum they have to, that or they convince everyone that to be the best person you can be you should upgrade every year or so. its not even just a lack of care of construction, but many companies have been caught intentionally slowing older phones down with updates "to preserve battery life" (to make the phone slower so people upgrade)