People didn’t carry around older phones and they didn’t do much besides call. Phones nowadays do so much stuff. We have access to all of human knowledge and video games at our fingertips. Which takes a lot more programming. Plus people never dropped older phones.
WHY IS IT A 40 YEAR PHONE THAT HAS BEEN SITTING IN A WET BOX, IN A DARK BASEMENT, COVERED IN SPIDER WEBS STILL WORKS WHEN YOU PLUG IT IN... WHILE A $1,000 CELL PHONE BARELY LASTS 2 YEARS BEFORE THE BATTERY IS DEAD AND THE SCREEN IS CRACKED?