It's such a shame that Google will no longer support a phone that is only 3 years old.

You don't need to be at the mercy of Google to keep your phone updated!

• https://get.pixelexperience.org/sunfish
• https://download.lineageos.org/devices/sunfish

The whole point of having a Google phone is that you can easily flash it after its planned obsolescence date.

Calyx os

🤔 -Sent from my Pixel 3

Install a rom that continues to receive updates

Disclaimer: I’m a 15 year iPhone owner, so I don’t have practical experience with this, but this is the angle I’d be researching, were in your situation. Or considering an iPhone, lol, Apple is still updating 10 year old phones. Of course, I don’t expect this crowd to take that last comment seriously ;)

I'll use this phone until the battery won't hold without being plugged in all the time. Then I'm not sure. I'd like another pixel, but there isn't a pixel anymore that isn't massive. It used to be that the main phone with all the features was larger and the sub phone with less features was a bit smaller. I usually opt for the smaller phone because I like a phone that suits my small hands and can also fit in my pocket. Now I'm worried my next phone will be too big to fit in my pants and I won't be able to reach the other end of the screen with my thumb. Not to mention they don't have a physical fingerprint reader anymore. My husband has a 6 and he stopped using the fingerprint function because it just didn't work 80% of the time. And don't get me started on the headphones jack. I have a Bluetooth headset, but you know those run out of battery sometimes and some cars are a pain to connect to. That's the least of my worries, but it'll be a bandaid I have to rip off for sure. Anyway, thanks for coming to my Ted talk. I'll probably buy the stupid new Google tablet because I'm a hypocrite 🙂

Try Lineage. I ran it on my Pixel 3 for about two years when Google stopped updating it. Then when I decided to sell it, just reflashed the Google OS back on it

Tbh I know tons of people who use older phones that are way past any updates but work fine.

Not ideal but doesn't make the phone unusable

Every so often I think about how I really ought to replace my Pixel 2, but then it just keeps on working and the price of new devices keeps on inflating at absurd rates.

I'm not fussed about no updates going forward. I still like the phone.

The battery isn't lasting as long as it used to, obviously, but it should last for another year at least.

Are you supposed to stop using your phone once it stops getting updates?

Mine is on Android 9 and idgaf.

I replace my phone when it stops working well enough for day to day use.

Lineage OS

I'm still using a pixel 3a, LUL. I'm actually updating this year, but to a different brand. I have gotten a lot of life out of it, it's been a trooper and the battery sill running strong.

Not a Pixel user myself but I know for a fact that there are current PixelExperience builds for Pixel 4's

I still use my pixel 2 regularly. There really isn't a reason to not use it that I can think of.

The fingerprint sensor gave out a year ago, so it will continue its slow decay in my bedside table drawer.

I'll probably hang tight until Pixel 8 comes out.

Waiting for my new Pixel 7 to be delivered right now actually. And then I'm installing GraphenOS on it.

Even factoring in not getting the Android 14 update, plenty of people I feel will keep phones for ages (I remember having to build aps catering to people on Android 8/9 so people are generally pretty lazy to update). Even without security updates I've got a feeling these phones will linger since they're still decent

Shit it's that time is it? I will probably keep it with the intention of installing something else on it. And then not look at it for a few years at a time, stumble across it and it's older siblings and think "I should do something with these".

I guess I better hunt down a new Pixel. Sucks because unlike the last one (2XL) this one -- which I bought used, by the way, first time doing that -- isn't painfully slow, battery still holds up fine. I don't need it for any other reason than I would rather not risk running an unpatched device.

I'll very likely buy a 7a in November.

I originally bought it as a short term use because my Nexus was hurting. I liked it so much that it is still my daily.

My girlfriend is threatening to bail on her iPhone, so if she does maybe we'll splurge for a pair of new Pixel 8 Pros. My eyesight is not as good as it was, and a bigger screen might be nice for the larger fonts I am needing 🙄

I will be in this position in a couple months when the Pixel 5 gets its last security update, in think my choices are either the Pixel 8 or wait a few more months and get the pixel 8a, I think it will come down to price. Regardless, it will be running GrapheneOS.

I upgraded to a 7 on launch day (pre-ordered), so my 4a has been sitting around as a backup ever since. Still miss the size, material, and color sometimes - I got the Google Store blue with the orange button and it looked so nice!