Ya'll are funny !

I replace mine when it dies....LOL !!! I probably don't use it as much as the average person though, so I can't tell there is anything I usually do that I can't still do. I don't know how old mine is now. It's an LG that I got at the Cricket Store. I was surprised to find that you can't change the battery in it and thought it would die in a year or two so that I would have to buy another too soon, but it hasn't and is still holding a charge nicely.

I don't blame you for going with something else if they wouldn't give you anything for what you had.