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The "unrepairable" apple devices have far FAR higher resale value and lifetimes than most the Huawei / OPPO / etc used phones out there. This is really the proof point. This is a combination of apples total system engineering and software update story. You don't need applecare to get updtes on an iphone. For example, looking at recently sold items on Ebay - Iphone 5S 32GB is going for $100. That's an 8 year old phone…
The 8 year old iPhone has such high value because it can still be repaired. A 2021 iPhone will hold less of its initial value in 2029 than the mentioned 5S holds today.
For those of your who suspect that these types of claims are a lie, they basically are. If you have elderly relatives, they often DO NOT want to upgrade their phone once they've got it working. A great gift is actually to take it into an apple store and pay for the "impossible" battery replacement for them.
It's $49-$69. You get a fresh new battery, all labor as well. OEM parts. My wife also doesn't care about the new phone, this is a nice and pretty cheap way to keep her old one ticking over.
Happy to do a comparison in 6 years on a Huawei vs Apple phone in terms of resale.
One thing to be careful of. I've been burned by used apple phones with second hand batteries in them. Apple now gives you a warning - worth checking for that if you buy used.