Sadly the android market is moving to prettier phones at the substantial cost in functionality.  So sure there are many phones that look like a premium handset, but they they have an epoxied battery inside and often lose updates in a year or so.  Normally you&#x27;d expect a nice aluminum and glass phone with top cpu&#x2F;ram&#x2F;gpu&#x2F;storage specifications to last a long time.  Except when they expoxy in a disposable battery or no longer gets OS upgrades.<p>What I find even more baffling is that it&#x27;s becoming fairly common to offer custom removable backs (at the cost of complexity and thickness) and still not allow for a larger battery or replacement.<p>Take any 2 year old phone that&#x27;s seen daily use and it&#x27;s likely that one of the primary complaints about it&#x27;s functionality is poor battery life.  Normally that could be fixed with $15-$25 on ebay.... only if it&#x27;s replaceable.<p>Sad, planned obsolescence strikes again.