I’m a little biased as I work for Bose but we still use a metal yoke and hinge.

Batteries have a logarithmic degradation of capacity, meaning using the quick charge function will cause the capacity to drop about 10-15% really quickly, likely within the first year. So dumping the phone in 3 years is likely right when you hit the shallow part of the curve and the battery stops degrading much.

This. I still keep my old 500mA phone chargers and use them on my phones to be gentle on the battery for slow, overnight charges. I am also a battery expert in my day job…

This is happening in all aspects of consumer electronics. Broad platforms of hardware and software that is cheap enough to meet all the needs then just water it down for the ‘cheaper’ varieties. The consumer has no attention span so everything has to be fresh and totally new with more features every 1-4 years max. Ita what the consumer demands from complex systems so engineers just need to churn shit out as fast as possible and everyone suffers.

Do you apply siracha in lieu of a turbo button when the user count gets too high?