I’m just waiting for the 8A for Graphene support
I would have likely got the 8A if it came out with the 8 and the pro. I didn’t want to wait.
I still using pixel 3 from 2018 running the lastest update of android with custom ROM
I’m in the same boat. Pixel 2 XL with a custom ROM. Battery life isn’t great but it works. The biggest pain is multitasking as apps have to reload when switching sometimes.
That was why I got rid of the pixel 2. The newer ones are soooo much better without the reloading issue. I got a pixel 5 for $150 on back market. Totally worth it and an amazing deal really.
Slim, after some years they will quietly drop the support, or only provide security updates.
At best they will exclude a Buch of Features and roll out a dumb version of the os upgrade.
Wild that a battery charged daily would lose its charge quicker after years of use and apps will evolve to be more powerful and require more resources thereby draining more battery. Just an insane thought, really.
if only we knew that this would happen and could plan for it by designing phones to have replaceable batteries
I had a Moto G4 plus until two years ago. It lasted me 6 years, stuck at Android 8. It worked slow but it was functional. Replaced battery only once. If you take care of your device it can last even longer. I would probably still have the phone if it wasn’t that it was becoming too slow and a hassle to do even simple tasks
My only fears is that made by Google. They can decide not to support it 3 years later. But you’ll have roms for maybe even more then 10 years.
For me is all about security updates, I’ll be using GrapheneOS once it’s available.
