Re: Alternate OS for LG V20?

"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2025-06-11 15:46, VanguardLH wrote:

New phones are just ridiculously overpriced, especially when trying to
find those that have 6-7 update lifecycles.

 
Well, they will last longer. You have to decide if that is enough
compensation for the high price. For me, no: I don't like to carry
around such an expensive thing that I can drop or that can be stolen.
 
My current phone are a Motorola G52 or G62. I believe in the 200..300 €
range.

What the average usable lifespan of lithium batteries in smart phones?
Since they are not user serviceable by design, the phone becomes useless
because the battery is not replacement, and batteries are chemical, so
they die, and lose capacity before then.  The battery doesn't
catastrophically and immediate die.  It loses capacity over time (can't
hold as many Coulombs).  Built in self destruction.  Lifespan could be 3
to 10 years.  10 years sounds like a long time, but not 3 years.  My car
is 23 years old, and still running very well and in great condition.

My ancient LG V20 has user-serviceable batteries.  It lasted this long
because I could replace the batteries.  I could even carry a spare
battery in my pocket for added up-time rather than lug around a power
bank or hunt and hope to find an outlet.  The LG V20 was introduced in
2016, and 9 years later I'm starting to ponder a replacement -- and
primarily due to the lack or discontinued support of an old Android
version by apps.

While I will use my old phone a little longer, I am looking at new
phones with new batteries will get updated many years into the future.
I'm not buying an old phone, and then realizing I've reached its end of
lifespan prematurely.  The Moto G52 and G62 came out 3 years ago.
Improvement in hardware has been incremental, and disappointing.
Meanwhile the door keeps moving with new OS versions.

For now, I've gone into the Play Store app to disable auto-updating on
all apps.  The only malevolent actions I've ever encountered on my phone
is the covert disabling of apps that, when updated, mandate a later
version of the OS than where they were working just fine before.  Alas,
some apps will disable themselves by ceasing to function if you don't
get their newer version, like no longer communicating with their server,
but then they aren't usable or installable unless I somehow got a newer
version of Android on my phone.