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I've been using the same phone for almost 4 years now (oneplus one). It came with 3gb ram and 64gb storage and cost about $300, vat included. There are two tells that I'm using an old phone. The camera is really bad compared to the current ones, and it doesn't have any biometric unlock.

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I'm still running my Galaxy S5 from when it first came out, and I've not found any problems with it yet - the camera is good enough for anything I need it for, and the battery can still run a good 4-6 hours active use.

While it doesn't have biometric unlock, I would avoid any new phone that did like the plague regardless - I like having a minimal amount of security, thank you very much.

I don't understand why you avoid a phone with biometric unlock. It's an optional feature that you don't have to enable.

I am still rocking the original OnePlus one, too. I appreciate the lack of a biometric sensor, and camera is actually better than a lot of newer phone cameras - the only cameras that outshine it are iPhones, top of the line Samsung's and OP5T. So pretty decent for a 4 year old phone?

> camera is actually better than a lot of newer phone cameras

I had OPO too. The camera was perhaps better than some of the current new phone cameras. In today's terms the camera is really, really bad though, and clearly loses to most new models.

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