[ianlevesque]

You are comparing two phones that combined have less than a fraction of one percent of the installed base.

[vetinari]

So what? Is it ok to just trow them into garbage then?

You can still use them for calls and messages. You can still use one of them for apps, that were developed for this device.

[marrs]

The parent is probably too young to remember a time when you could buy a device expecting to keep it for the rest of your life, or maybe even pass on to your children.