Phone Upgrade 101
* Get a phone.
* Use it 'til it dies.
* Get a new one.
Ignore the hype by Apple/Google/Samsung and co.
@nixCraft "dies" for me is "stops getting security updates". IIRC for Apple that's five years. My Samsung phone is approaching five years and I think it's still getting security updates. But it used to be three years for Android.
So no, you can't ignore the supplier's hype. The phone may still take pictures and all that but you do *not* want it on the internet if it is vulnerable to hackers.
@AlgoCompSynth@mastodon.social @nixCraft@mastodon.social iOS supports iPhone XR, launched in 2018.
I'm using and iPhone 8 released in 2017. I bought it used in 2021 from somebody who just had to live on the bleeding edge. It still gets updates.