My primary phone was a seven-year-old HUAWEI P30 Pro not too long ago. It still sits on my office side table, and even though I’ve since upgraded to a more modern Samsung device, I look over at it once in a while and remember the good ol’ days. Although its battery is slowly giving out and it’s stuck on Android 10, it’s probably the best smartphone I’ve ever used, and it demonstrates that older Android devices can well outlast their projected life spans.That’s something that more consumers are now seemingly cottoning on to. With RAM and other component prices spiking in recent years, inflation remaining a problem that affects disposable income, and smartphone pricing floors rising, it’s now incredibly difficult to upgrade. And, given the marginal gains of modern phones over their direct predecessors, upgrading just doesn’t seem worth it.