A cracked screen is not &quot;planned obsolescence&quot;, it&#x27;s bad procurement. If she wanted a device which wouldn&#x27;t have that problem, she could easily get a less-dainty one. She could also protect it better.<p>I recently let a smartphone go all the way to EOL (~5 years, not bad in my opinion). I don&#x27;t see what these snoots are bragging about.
If they don&#x27;t want to use a device which is state-of-the-art, and don&#x27;t want to pay for one which is durable, they&#x27;ll get one which is old and broken.<p>They do have options though.