See what the next smallest phone is…if I replace the mini at all. I still have my functional iPhone 2G for playing Tap Tap Revenge, so these devices can last a long time. It’s madness to replace these phones every year or two given the monstrous footprint of manufacture, not to mention the human suffering involved.
Even once the software updates end, I shouldn’t lose much functionality as I nearly have the iCloud tether severed. Many apps just replace webpages, so the browser can be used to access those.