[Swizec]

All my iPhones have lasted 4-5 years. Granted I had to get the screen replaced on one of them after my bird dropped it off the counter.

Wtf are you people doing with your phones? I downright abuse mine (think longboarding falls at 50kph with phone flying out of pocket) and it survives all.

[SixSigma]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery

Battery life

On average, lifetimes consist of 1000 cycles, although battery performance is rarely specified for more than 500 cycles. This means that batteries of mobile phones, or other hand-held devices in daily use, are not expected to last longer than three years.

[nerfhammer]

You have a bird that carries your phone?

[StavrosK]

It's UK slang for girl.

[Swizec]

I also have an actual bird who once pushed my phone off the counter because he's a dick.

[jansc]

Seems like you're a lucky guy. My current iPhone 4s is falling apart. One of the speakers doesn't work, battery lasts only half a day, and the power off button is broken. And I guess there won't be any software updates after the current iOS release.

[whatusername]

The 4s is now in the 4-5 years since release category.

[Spooky23]

Do you have an iphone6? These models are garbage from a durability POV. the beveled glass shatters very easily on the corners.

I left my 3gs on the roof of my car and it flew into the street when i pulled out of the gas station... intact. My brother in law is a fireman, and his fell out of an aerial ladder 4-5 stories up, and survived with bruises. I dropped a 6 and 6+ from chair height into carpet tile and shattered the screen on the plus, and cracked it on the 6. It's now held together with scotch tape. :)

[dibujante]

You are a lucky guy. My phone slipped off of my nightstand, falling all of two feet, but managed to break the digitizer at exactly the point that caused the entire screen to become disabled.