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Originally Posted by Phogg
Apple cranks out pieces of gear with planned limited life spans.
The junk they throw out has sealed in non replaceable batteries. That is guaranteed to make them toxic landfill long before they should have to be. When the battery won't hold a charge anymore an iPhone or iPad or iPod is junk.
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1. There are still plenty of iPhone 4's and 5's in use. Some of those came out 4+ years ago.
2. The batteries
can be replaced. There are
kits you can buy,
places you can visit, or
Apple themselves can do it for you in one of their stores or via mail-in.
It costs, but it's much less than the price of a new iPhone.
In light of that evidence though, it's just wrong to say a dead battery automatically equals the end of the devices useful life.
About the headphone jack: there would (presumably) be adapters that would allow you to use your old headphones with jack-less iDevices.