I use my pixel xl every day for two years and now it has a 10 min battery life. It’s no longer a working phone and just a extra screen that’s permanently plugged in.
8 years would be the Nexus 6P. I booted mine up last year and aside from the faulty SoC it’s still a perfectly usable phone. Those dual front facing speakers are still great. Battery life is poor, but then it was poor to begin with.
I think we’ve also plateaued in terms of features. A phone in 2030 will probably have a brighter screen and slightly better camera, but outside of synthetic benchmarks I doubt it’s going to look or feel any different than the Pixel 8 will in day to day use.
My Nexus 4 from 2012 still works. It’s also running Android 13.
I still have one. I would be happy to install A13 if you have a link. Thanks!
You can prolly get it at xda
I’m going to check that
Every nexus phone I had (I owned 3) broke after 1 - 2 years of use T_T
How is the battery after that long?
I use my pixel xl every day for two years and now it has a 10 min battery life. It’s no longer a working phone and just a extra screen that’s permanently plugged in.
I had a nexus 3 until the Pixel 4A released and it had replaceable original batteries for 8€.
8 years would be the Nexus 6P. I booted mine up last year and aside from the faulty SoC it’s still a perfectly usable phone. Those dual front facing speakers are still great. Battery life is poor, but then it was poor to begin with.
I think we’ve also plateaued in terms of features. A phone in 2030 will probably have a brighter screen and slightly better camera, but outside of synthetic benchmarks I doubt it’s going to look or feel any different than the Pixel 8 will in day to day use.