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I have a Nexus 5 from 2013 or whenever it was they released it, still going strong.

I don't see that much innovation in newer phones to warrant an upgrade, at least in the sense of spending hundreds of pounds on what amounts to be a slightly faster processor and the promise of Android O.

The only thing I can think of that might force my hand, outside of the phone breaking, is the security updates (Google no longer supports the Nexus 5 - so it will be stuck on Android 6 indefinitely)

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I have a Nexus 4 and functionality wise it's all I need but the random reboots and UI glitches are getting really annoying. Like that time I was on hold for 30 minutes and the phone decided a random reboot was needed.

My Nexus 4 is is still doing well, except for the battery I had to replace once already. The trick was to install cyanogenmod, remove all Gapps, and get all software from F-Droid. I use the KISS launcher, have no social networks that run in the background (except for WhatsApp), and so on. All in all it's a pleasant experience, even though there might be an occasional bug from time to time.

If it weren't for the battery, I would have no reason to replace the phone, ever.

If we're comparing, my Galaxy Nexus is still serving my needs just fine, with all original parts, still running stock Android 4.3. It does all the phone stuff, plus Maps, car-share apps, games, Chrome, wifi tethering, music, etc. Chrome's a bit sluggish, though.

Maybe Lineage would speed up Maps/Chrome. Hmn.

> Google no longer supports the Nexus 5 - so it will be stuck on Android 6 indefinitely

Sounds like it's time to upgrade to Lineage, they still even support Nougat on Nexus 4.

Currently on 6 via Chroma on an early Nexus 4, I flashed it with the tiny gaps bundle so I got just google play, I don't use chrome, gmail, google messenger etc.

I rather like not having googles sweaty little fingers in my mobile life all the time, been able to run Lineage from day 1 will be the single decisive factor on next phone whenever that is since everything else is basically a wash now.

Until December last year I was happily using my Nexus 5; then it broke in an accident and I had to replace it. After researching the market, I ended up buying a Nexus 5X, which is almost the same thing as the 5, just a little bigger (still fitting any pocket) and improved.

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