Why does some smartphones get slower with time? Is it a hardware or a software problem?

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Why does some smartphones get slower with time? Is it a hardware or a software problem?

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I read sth. about cpu degradation – transistor aging.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/processors/transistor-aging

It looks like a system becoming slower over time is possible without changes in software and storage.
Modern CPUs will degrade over time when in use.

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