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I agree that the design of the 6 regressed from the 4/5, but the build quality is much higher than that of the average android.

I'm still using a 6 as my daily phone, which means my phone is closer in generation to the original iPhone that it is to the latest one. I wish the (equally expensive) android phones I use at work had anywhere near that longevity.

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Does it make sense to compare an iPhone to "the average Android"? iPhones are a premium product; they're not available in the wide range of prices and qualities that Androids are. People who buy iPhones are the type of people who, if they bought an Android, would most likely buy a top-of-the-line Android at a high price. Those are the Androids we should be comparing iPhones to.

It's not just about physical longevity; whether the software (iOS) still "works" is also important. With older versions of iOS, you have two options:

1. Upgrade to the latest version, which makes the iPhone slower (arguably intentionally).

2. Don't upgrade, but many apps require an updated iOS version to install, so you won't be able to install/update your apps anymore.

Since there's no third party app store, older iphones are just doomed to die slowly. I have a 4s and downgraded as soon as I could to iOS 5. The os is faster but I can install very few apps.

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