Pamela wrote:

Shame to see mobile phones
designed to be almost as disposable as Bic Biros.

I think google are working on that, because the android kernel is
heavily patched from stock, it's not unusual for a brand new phone to
run a 2 year old kernel, so even if they pick a longterm support
version, they generally have to support it themselves as it's run out
before the phone is 3 years old ... they're trying to get closer to
mainline ... maybe they'll edge it to 4 or 5 years ... my Nexus 5x felt
like it had a year or two left in it.