Never understood this obsession of needing to get a new phone every year or less. And these millennials wonder why they cannot afford to move out of mommy and daddies basement. At the same time they will complain they cant pay their student debt also. But they got that new phone didn't they.
I still have a Motorola flip style phone from about 9 years ago. It is still running, but I only turn it on about every 3 months to see who has once again called that number. My work has paid for my smart phone for the last 8.5 years. And it is considered my personal phone with unlimited everything. I personally think it is a pretty good plan