>people own a car before replacing it, about eight years, dwarfs the length of time before a phone upgrade, about three and a half years. But with some care, th

>people own a car before replacing it, about eight years, dwarfs the length of time before a phone upgrade, about three and a half years. But with some care, the life of a good phone can be stretched to six years. I'm on a 2 year plan and that feels like I'm really pushing it. Already I'm bumping up to limits with the phones 6GB stipend of system memory a year in. My prior phone is 2 years old (though it's release date is older) and now it's become frustrating to use as I once did. Whether that's app and system updates, I don't know for sure, but my daily usage remains the same. I will certainly get at least 3 years out of these phones but slowly their use cases will narrow, my prior phone is primally a Chromecast controller and ReadEra machine already. I would love for a device to be pleasantly useable for 6 years but I just don't see how it's feasible.