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Just wait till you break it to buy a new one, if you're lucky you'll be able to hold on to your phone long enough that it will feel like an actual upgrade instead just being new.
I did that but lost my headphones jack with connected built in quad DAC, a reliable fingerprint reader mounted on the back of the phone, and front facing camera that wasn't crammed under my screen causing an annoying dead spot...
A reliable, fast fingerprint reader that you can feel, where your index finger is naturally placed already when removing your phone from a pocket, so that you can effortlessly unlock the phone before you've even got it out.
Not having to wake the screen to see whether the reader is, either reach awkwardly with the thumb of the hand holding the phone, or use a finger from the other hand, then press hard maybe three times until it works (with the added side effect of a bright flash of light at night).
Why did they think this was better? Could we maybe have one on the edge, or the power button?
Having my fingerprint sensor located on the power button of my phone has been an absolute life changer. I have zero clue why companies keep insisting on putting the fingerprint sensor in some nebulous place under the screen or on the back. It's beyond me.
I am responding to you on an LG V30 that I haven't been able to part with because of the things you mentioned.
The battery life sucks and sometimes the fingerprint reader on the back doesn't work right but I can't bring myself to buy something new that doesn't have the features I want. It just feels like I'd be downgrading.
You're on the phone that died on me and I felt the exact same way, if you find something you're happy with let me know, so far I've HATED my Pixel 7 Pro experience but 50% of that is probably a combination of more recent updates to Android than I had been running on my LG and the specific PixelOS features or lack there of in comparison.
Every 2.5 years for me. I usually get two generations back. My "newest phone" is a Pixel 6 from Oct 2021.
Honestly it feels like a subscription service these days.