Well sure, a 5 year old phone will lose most of these performance comparisons against modern phones, but will it lose badly enough for consumers to care?
Well sure, a 5 year old phone will lose most of these performance comparisons against modern phones, but will it lose badly enough for consumers to care?
The problem is vendor support. As soon as a device stop receiving OS and baseband security patches, it becomes potentially insecure.
I’ll extend that to parts support. Beyond accidents, batteries in typical daily use wear out beyond usable after 3-4 years. So vendor software and parts support.