Hi guys given google and samsung are now pushing for 7 year updates what are your thoughts on buying a new flag ship 1 year old.
Example buying Pixel 8 pro instead of Pixel 9 pro or S24 instead of S25 etc.
Assuming you buy new you wouldn’t even really have to worry about battery degredation and processors these days are overspeced for normal day to day tasks.
Just curious is this the norm or is their a hidden catch buying a 1 year old flagship?
I just recently bought a used pixel 8. It’ll work perfectly fine for quite a while. I’ve been doing this for years and never had an issue.
Good to know. I have a S23 I bought it half a year after launch but never really tried dabbling in buying a 1 year old android flagship due to the 3-4 limited OS upgrades (though that chagned).
Side note how long does your battery tend to last? Do you swap the battery at some point or take measures to limit battery charge (I’m not sure if pixel can do this but on samsung I can limit battery to 80%).
It’s around 20% at the very end of the day if I’ve been using it a lot. It lasts about two days with light use.
I don’t know if the 80% charge limit has made it to the regular Pixel OS yet; I use Grapheneos which has added it already. I don’t use it, I don’t find my battery degrades enough for it to matter. (And the battery charge controller does this anyway; 100% in Android is 80% on the battery, and 80% in Android is 64% on the battery. Or something like that, the exact numbers depend on your battery.)
