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Out of curiosity why are you considering upgrading? My 4a 5g does everything I need, can't imagine upgrading it any time soon
I guess maybe because the guaranteed updates for the Pixel 4a will end in November 2023? That's a good question though, maybe OP should try to give it a second life with something like GrapheneOS first if the phone is in good condition.
I've read grapheneos' supported devices page, it explicitly says that the updates after the phone stops getting support are to reduce the harm of no longer having a phone with security updates, not actual updates
which is of course still better than having no updates at all
And of course is still a security liability
I haven't updated my phone since I got it, never found a reason to