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Originally Posted by Shane R
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. |
When it comes to the life of a device, I think it depends on the device. When it comes to iPods with hard drives, my opinion has been that when the battery wears out its likely that the iPod's hard drive has also reached the end of its useful life.