> You will be more environmentally friendly if you just don't upgrade from whatever phone you have for a few years.
Trick maybe, but also:
Which is why they provide 5 years warranty software updates.
And while there are phone you might be able to use well beyond 5 years for your use-case, after 5 years (and often earlier) many want a new phone, in the end people are not fully selfless and needs can also change.
E.g. I for a very long time didn't need a camera, but now I need one and the one of my current ~4 year old phone just doesn't quite cut it. And if I get a FP5 now I probably will be able to use it for the full 5 years, and them I will check if I can put some alternate OS on it and pass it one to someone who is satisfied with that.
Trick maybe, but also:
Which is why they provide 5 years warranty software updates.
And while there are phone you might be able to use well beyond 5 years for your use-case, after 5 years (and often earlier) many want a new phone, in the end people are not fully selfless and needs can also change.
E.g. I for a very long time didn't need a camera, but now I need one and the one of my current ~4 year old phone just doesn't quite cut it. And if I get a FP5 now I probably will be able to use it for the full 5 years, and them I will check if I can put some alternate OS on it and pass it one to someone who is satisfied with that.