Some find this pointless.
It's also pointless.
If you want that, if you become more satisfied and happier with it, then it's not pointless.
It's pointless if you don't want or need it.
It is good to have technical devices that meet your own requirements.
Just because a device is expensive or new doesn't mean it is good or useful.
Again, there's no point in seeking happiness in material satisfaction. This makes you dependent on external circumstances instead of your inner feelings. You don't always have an influence on the external circumstances, but on your internal circumstances.
No. Convenience and speed also play a role.
New devices are not automatically more convenient or faster.
No. I got the Huawei P40 pro and was largely better and more convenient than my old cell phones
I did not claim that this is not true in any case, just that it is not automatically so.
I like it very much.