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After that support cycle ends, the phone will rapidly become less and less useful. I could've bought a OnePlus One 8 years ago and still have Android 11 or 12 f

• parker_mountain 4y ago
  You could've, but have you held on to a phone that long? I suspect very few people have made the bridge from "could" to "have". Between the - battery lifespan (a technology that has tradeoffs between lifespan and capacity, such that manufacturers target 3 year lifecycles - driver updates and baseband security (famously out of date on older android phones, no matter what "rom" you're running) - ports lifecycles (the charger port has a finite lifecycle of plug cycles, also often cheaped out on a bit) - lifespan of custom ROMs (frequently losing contributors and thus updates) Is that phone really going to last 8 years of daily active use? I think the answer is no. Apple has made a huge effort with the iphone 14 (not pro), to re-engineer the device to make it easier to repair and recycle. We'll see if that pays off, but I don't think holding on to a phone for 8 years is feasible or practical for enough people.