The iPhone now goes to the garbage bin adding to pollution even though it can run the OS just fine without being crippled via update.
Most people in the world don't have the access to internet you have. And I would imagine some would say "Holy shit. You people browse message boards? I would rather spend that time on a MOOC".
While it is weird looking at the affluence scale above, it is very depressing looking what's at the bottom of the scale. I don't mean to chastise you. It is just a realization I've come to.
Inequality is necessary, but the extent of it and the effects bother me sometimes.
Some folk do trade in their old phone and a lot flip them on the used market. I think getting more life out of those devices for the original purchaser is of paramount importance though if we are to stop polluting our environment with the consequences of smartphone manufacture.