Asking because… On one hand I do see smartphones being released left-and-right, and they are rather integral to modern life
On the other hand I’m still chugging alone with my Pixel 6a that I bought 3 years ago with a replaced battery and a somewhat clogged charging port… and all my previous phones I only replaced when they have serious deficits that make them difficult to use
Wondering when you all replace phones. Please definitely mention it too if you ended up repurposing the old phone for something else
I would still be using my pixel 3 XL if the battery hadn’t died.
Until a foldable is inexpensive, I don’t see much point. They seem to have stopped major innovations that I care about.
I will use this pixel 8a until it is a brick like the 3XL
I have an Pixel 8 Pro after my most recent Oneplus finally died. Having used the pixel with Graphene for a year or so now, I have to agree with you: there’s not much they could add to phones to tempt me to upgrade. I set my family’s last 3 or 4 phones next to each other and they’re practically all the exact same form factor and it’s only a minor difference in notch shape and backplate color accents that set them apart. I don’t play games other than the occasional Tux Kart race in a waiting room, so all the phones have more than enough RAM and CPU. The only reason for most people to upgrade in the current market is a hardware failure or an end-of-support event that you can’t sidestep with third party ROMS.
I just jumped ship to graphene in the last few months. Loving it. Hoping this tides me over until a real Linux phone.