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Why do that when they can finally force people off their halfway-decent hardware in favor of their latest crap? I had a 4a and liked it, worked fine for my purposes. When it crapped out i just got another 4a. Eventually the newer one started boot-looping intermittently and i decided it was time to upgrade to something more "modern". After spending way too much time researching the current options and cornering myself into options paralysis, i decided maybe the best choice was to "double" my pixel and jump from a 4 to an 8. I figured that many generations difference should provide for a notably better/faster experience. It didn't. I liked the 4a just as much as my 8--only difference being some very small changes in options and menus. Performance-wise it's not opening pages with blazing speed, the 5G doesn't really seem to be any faster than the 4G i had been using on the Pixel 4a. Camera performance is a little better but nothing ground-breaking. I think it's possible i get worse telephone performance, i occasionally get dropped/static-y calls and sometimes can't call at all. Overall i was really disappointed to see my upgrade act more as a lateral move. I probably should have just gotten another 4a when my last one died. Of course, it would probably need a battery now, lol. Or have the boot-loop problem.
Welcome to the future, where the tech is cutting edge but built with the cheapest components possible 🙃
Yeah, I was disappointment when I bought a very expensive Galaxy S22 to replace my old Moto G whose charging port wore out,. The S22 had worse battery life, camera, and no noticeable performance improvements. Recently, my S22 stopped charging, and I just bought a "Mint"-grade used Pixel 6 and installed GrapheneOS on it. Happy so far, and it's nice to be able to block network access to all apps, including Google's.