They've got some Motorola thing that was an upgrade over whatever Samsung A series they had before. Both newer phones than mine, I'm plugging along on my dad's old hand me down samsung galaxy s7 edge. It's slow as shit but their phone is even slower! It really seems like every advantage in computational improvement in every internet connected device just gets eaten up by more tracking bullshit and more unoptimized apps and it ends up being clunky and shit again
I need to get SOMETHING because the fucking NERDS who run everything have decided my device is too old to run their bullshit apps. Like I had 10 texts from a pharmacy yesterday telling me to use their app for everything. Ah, but guess what i can't do
If i spend hundreds of precious dollars on something i intend to have another 10 year long usage lifespan and it's even worse performance wise than what i got now im gonna scream. And post annoying complaints about how my own lack of consumer savvy fucked me
I use a Pixel 6 with Graphene OS and it runs great and is cheap af if u get one refurbished.
You know what that might be alright, the lying machine says itd be a "massive upgrade" and it's got 2x as much ram so maybe it won't be as fucked even if it's still 5 years old
Does everything I need it to do just fine. Just FYI you will need to install graphene yourself or its gonna have google bloatware on it. I never used mine with stock android only with graphene so I can't say if it would run badly that way.
If the problem OP wants to solve Is apps refusing to work I'd take this suggestion with a grain of salt.
I can't think of an app that doesn't run on graphene, if you really need an app that relies on google play services, you can still install them and they work perfectly fine, or you could make another user just for apps with google play services. My banking app always tells me I need play services but it's working just fine without
edit: I've found some more information on this thread. So the only apps that won't work or have limited functionality are ones that check the Play Integrity API. Graphene works with needing the most basic level but not with the two higher ones
Aren't they about to drop support? (RIP my Pixel 6 Pro)
yes but thats just security updates it will still work fine and still be much more secure than what OP has now. Or they could just get a 7 or 8 instead and have support longer.