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His comments on ewaste and mining are relevant but the rest is old man shouting at clouds.
We had smaller phones. Apple even tried to reintroduce them a few years ago. Very few buy them. They are still around if you look but no one wants the compromise. A larger screen uses a little bit more power but provides room for a much larger battery. People use their phone instead of a compact digital camera so are willing to put up with camera bumps.
I think the general criticism that new models fail to break ground like they used to, but have barely slowed down their release schedule or extended their support, is also a valid one.
But the author barely touches on that before getting distracted by "phones are too big," which they then come back to a further three times in unrelated paragraphs.
They have greatly improved their support. New Samsung phones come with a 7 year update promise, while up until the Note 9 you got 2. Not to mention that a phone doesn't become useless the second it looses update support.
Also about the yearly hardware "updates". Thats exactly what they are. Slight updates. If anyone is still stupid enough to upgrade every year its on them really.
I'm a fan of manufacturers releasing yearly upgrades as a consumer. It means the old model always drops in price quickly.