Why wont my iPhone charge, turn on or do anything!?!

My iPhone 5c was ok but did have some issues before this one such as, not connecting to a network or the battery draining really fast.( has anyone else experienced this?)

I have now bought a huawei and its 100x better but i still have stuff on my iPhone i would like to access.

I have plugged it in and it is not recognisable by my laptop and ive left it to charge over night but nothing.

I dont reallly want to do a hard reset because im not fussed about the phone i just want the photos and stuff. hope someone can help,

thanks in advance xx