Will modern Android phones hold up in the long run?

Given the insane prices that phones packing the SD 865 are going for, midrange android phone using the weaker, but still potent, SD 765 have become more popular.

Also Google and Qualcomm’s four year support announcement means that we could see iOS-esque long term support.

Now it’s no secret that older android flagships ages like dogshit compared to older iPhones, the question now is will modern android phones hold up in terms of performance/snappiness to make the long term software support wor...

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The Pixel 4a is our 2020 Smartphone of the Year - Android Police
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Motorola announces plans to upgrade 21 phones to Android 11
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[Dave2D] The Invisible Phone Camera - ZTE Axon 20 5G
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Android Authority - Phone of the year
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S10 Lite - ONE UI 3.0 UPDATE (ANDROID 11)
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Google Photos – Look at your photographs
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These are all the devices T-Mobile says will stop working on its network next month
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Telegram 7.3 - Voice Chats Done Right
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Introducing Xperia with Android 11 | Sony UK
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Telegram messaging app to launch pay-for services in 2021
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ASUS releases new updates for the ZenFone 7 and ROG Phone 3 with security patches and bug fixes
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Remember it all with Microsoft To Do and Samsung Reminder
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New update for rog phone 3 with added support for VoLTE on Maxis (Malaysia), Telia (Lithuania), Rakuten (Japan) and VoWIFI on CSL/Smartone/3HK/CMHK (Hong Kong)
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Paranoid Android 11 Alpha available for the Xiaomi Mi A3
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GSMArena - Why we stopped posting videos
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Workaround found for potential September 2021-starting problem for phones running Android 7 and older: "Extending Android Device Compatibility for Let's Encrypt Certificates" (letsencrypt.org)
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Get early access to Proton Calendar for Android
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Worlds FIRST Under Display Camera?! - Durability Test!
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Good sign. 3.5yo Note FE (remanufactured Note 7) got a security update. Kinda impressed.

Technically a ~4.25 year old phone https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note7-8082.php

But also technically a ~3.5yo phone
https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note_fe-8683.php

Recently got a security update.
https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-note-fan-edition/firmware/#SM-N935F

Still Android 9 obviously, but it's a good sign that Samsung are actually committed to their promise of delivering security updates.

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Huawei Mate 40 Pro+ Camera review: King of camera (139 points)
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