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I've bought used phones since 2013. The most I've ever paid is $150, and that was recently for a Pixel.
You can pickup a Pixel 4 for about $100.
Surely "most people" are paying far more for their phones.
Pixel 4 is past EOL with Graphene (and google)
Genuine question because I've been out of the loop on this. I had a Galaxy S5 that only got one major upgrade from Samsung (4.4 to 5.x I believe) but CyanogenMod and later LineageOS took that thing right up to Android 11.
Why can't the same be done with modern phones today? What changed between that old S5 and the Pixel 4a I ultimately sold for going EOL on GrapheneOS?
Edit: apparently I shouldn't compare apples to oranges without so much as quickly checking support for the Pixel 4a..
Old second hand Pixels are pretty cheap but they don't receive Graphene updates for very long.