My old phone runs HD movies well, the camera is good, especially the HDR, that's better than on my micro43 camera go figure. I just didn't see any real advantage in upgrading all the way to an 8 at the time, think it was an 8? Anyway I even have a couple of old S3's in a box which are fine in a pinch. I suppose if you are are a twitter addict or a faceplanter then I don't know, you may need newer phones? It wouldn't surprise me if these big corps were in a collusion with the phone manufacturers to force people to upgrade. Like microsoft has always done, making their operating systems so huge and boggy that you had to upgrade to a new computer if you wanted to employ the new OS.

I have a spare battery here as well and can change it in 15 seconds. Also the microSD card being absent from your latest phone is odd? I couldn't have that! I like control of my own space and that racket Apple runs by having three identical phones with different size memory is the biggest scam I have ever heard of. Apple is a curse IMO. A total fraud. I wonder if Samsung is emulating some of their worst habits...