Don't know about "dead" (mine still works just fine, thanks) but with each new AT&T/Samsung Android release, it does become increasingly outdated hardware. That's just the nature of the beast in the non-Apple smartphone world. Of course, AT&T could help matters by keeping its sotware up to date, but we know how that's going, and they really have no incentive to spend the money do so. But yeah, I don't think you'll be seeing any more spider commercials in prime time.