4 phones have died within 3 or 4 years after purchase.

[steve85191]

I have had 4 Samsung phones over the years and each one has unexpectedly died and been unrecoverable.  The latest one is an A5 prior to that a Galaxy Note 4 and prior to that 2 earlier samsung models. Apart from the inconvenience when a phone just dies even if you have had backups running, it is putting me off buying another Samsung phone.  Is it unreasonable to expect a phone to keep working for a number of years?  These are expensive items.  Is obsolescence built in?   Not a happy bunny. 

[Knightshift76]

Don't forget Samsung blaming fold and flip users for delaminating inner screens and blaming it on user error when it's a design flaw then expecting Customers to pay £500 for a screen repair

[AM4N]

I've got an s2 and s6 edge in storage. Just checked, and both work perfectly fine. It's just an isolated issue...