Is pixel 4a too old for a new phone? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by Dop@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hi,

A friend wants to degoogle his phone, so I suggested the OS I'm currently using. The one we can't talk about... He wants a small/compact phone, so I suggested pixel 4a (not buying second hand though), but I'm afraid that planned obsolescence may kill the phone rather soon. What's your opinion?

Cheers and thank you for your help,

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[-] Ilandar@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago

Sorry if I've misunderstood what you were trying to say. I interpreted that quote from you as suggesting the last true compact Android phones (the Xperia Compacts and, to a lesser extent, the S10e) don't have custom ROM support. If you were instead saying the most recently released "compact" phones (which are really just medium-sized phones) don't have custom ROM support, then that would also be partially incorrect since the Pixel A series is widely supported and the Xperia 5 III has official LineageOS support.

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

The only "new" compact phones I know are iPhone Mini and some Asus Zenphone. Neither have custom ROM support afaik and both don't seem to be in production anymore. Medium size phones (6-6.4 inches) are not compacts.

[-] Ilandar@aussie.zone 0 points 2 days ago

The Jelly Star is even smaller and released last year. Not that I would recommend it to anyone concerned with updates or custom ROM support, because it probably won't get any lol

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

Is that a Russian website?

[-] Ilandar@aussie.zone 3 points 2 days ago

Unihertz is a Chinese company.

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