Now they would not do that would they, just to keep you buying new models, now would they??? Apple is a reputable company making their iPone using slave labor?
People bought the newer models because there were vast improvements made to the speed and design,
I rarely had a device last more than 1.5 years before I finally switched to an Apple. They are a very solid design, and easily last more than the expected 2 year life.
I just up graded. To a used iPhone 7. I think I’ll give the 6S to my grandson.
So was Volkswagen... but we saw how that assumption was wrong.