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You must not be a Google phone user, or if you are: you got lucky. I owned 4 Google phones and only the original metal-case-with-trackball Nexus 1 lasted over 18 months. It’s the only phone that I replaced due to obsolescence.

The one I managed to get repaired under warranty (Nexus 5 bootlooping death) lasted 1 week before dying the exact same way again. It look 2 weeks just to get it repaired.

I switched to iPhone. I can’t remember what number even though I’m typing on it because it doesn’t matter. It works as well today as the day I bought it. (Although I do miss Google’s keyboard)

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I was just about to comment and say I was wondering the same thing because I am daily driving a Pixel 2 still, but may look to buy soon because of the flagging battery life and the lack of security updates. I was not aware Google Phone's had a reputation for aging off quickly since my brother is also in the same boat as me with his Pixel, is there someone who tracks phone reliability?

I also have a Pixel 2, which is still running fine except for battery life. I really like the dedicated fingerprint sensor on the back. It's been such a great feature that I'm shocked it's been dropped or replaced with in-display sensors in the newer models. IMHO, it beats Face ID which requires you to look at the device from the right angle.

I got a 6 pro gathering dust somewhere and am typing this on my 2XL because I still like it better than anything else.

I have a Samsung galaxy S4 mini from 2014. I am going to need to replace it only because 1) 3G is disappearing, 2) youtube decided my phone was too old. There's nothing actually wrong with the phone.

An Android phone from 2014? Has it received a security update in the past five years?

If it hasn't, is that my fault?

I was using Nexus 6 from 2014 in 2019. And honestly I would continue using it if its battery wasn't in abysmal state leading to throttling. Considered buying new old stock or trying to replace a battery in this one. N6 is a 32-bit only device, that's the primary (the only?) reason I switched to something else, it would limit software choice going forward.

You don’t need to miss Google’s keyboard: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gboard-the-google-keyboard/id1...

It is not as good as it is on Android. I still have an iPhone, but this is the top thing that makes me consider switching back to Android. I will still probably buy another iPhone because of all the other good things about it. Still, I miss the Android keyboard choices.

Very similar to me, I went nexus 5 > 5x > pixel > pixel 2 after the 5/5x/p1 broke in different ways, but the Pixel 2 I used until it ran out of support and I was annoyed at having to replace a phone so quickly because it was fine for me, so I switched to a second hand iphone XS and it still works fine even though it's only 1 year older.

I doubt I'll ever buy an iPhone brand new (I go out of my way not to support the CCP) but until Pinephone and linux becomes a usable mobile OS I'll stick with the XS until it either dies or Apple stop supporting it in:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_iOS_and_iPadOS_devices

4 years or so? The iphone 6s was released in 2015 and it's still getting support, that's incredible.

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