"Normal people have a smart phone with history. Normal people show what is on their phone and the details go back years in an average and normal way."
no they don't. Most people do not transfer absolutely everything to their phone every time. Even Photos and videos do not auto transfer and all the apps only a handful you tell to do a "cloud sync" will transfer any data.
Also most people use their phone replacement as an opportunity to clean house.
If you think there is years of data on there then you have zero clue as to how the majority of smartphone users deal with getting new phones. NONE of them do a full backup and then a full restore on the new one. That is far to difficult for the masses.