Well my first Samsung (Galaxy S4 mini) broke down after two years (it was a very buggy line-up), then I had Galaxy A3 2017, which had only 16 gigs of storage and it effectively became unusable after about 3 years because I couldn't move any apps to my SD card and I'd already removed everything that was non essential. And the battery was shit. My current phone overheats constantly and needs to be charged 2 times a day, and it will not receive Android 13 and it will stop being supported with security updates sometime next year. I've only had it for 2 yrs 7 months. I guess it would be an investment for me if it's a good phone and it can be safely and effectively used for many years (at least 4).