I got my second phone in 2007 and didn't buy another one until 2011. It lasted just 1½ years until the touch screen broke, and then I got the current smartphone, which has now met its fate after a year and 3-4 months. Meanwhile, the old phone with minimal features (you can play music and videos and use crappy WAP, and that's it) is still unbroken and works as my backup phone, even after I'd used it actively for 4 years. Conclusion: phones get more fancy, but less durable - technology sucks...