This comment makes no sense to me. I exclusively use very low-end phones from Xiaomi. I buy a new one roughly every two years. Each new phone has a better screen, camera, CPU/GPU, charging, and sometimes more RAM/storage.

Take a look at a comparison of the iphone 17 and the iphone 12

https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/?modelList=iphone-17,ip...

Is the newer model better? Sure!

But it had 4k 60fps video, optical image stabilisation, a "super retina display" etc five generations ago. The specs have kept improving, but it's not a quantum leap in performance.