I've had Android phones since my son passed me his old HTC in 2011. I've also had several Android tablets. Currently I've got a Xiaomi Mi A3 phone and Huawei M3 Lite tablet, both very capable and much cheaper than anything from Apple but also some of the high end offerings from Samsung et al. I've found that over time they get stuck on an old version of Android and are increasingly insecure (but I'd never do online banking on anything but Windows 10 with the best security software, Kaspersky in my opinion). They also start to seem slow when 3 or 4 years old but still work in most ways. Unlike old Apple products most Android phones at least let you expand the storage with a cheap microSD card. What really kills old phones and tablets, of any brand, is the built in battery starting to last a shorter and shorter time between charges. My wife's got a Moto G5 with a replaceable battery but most don't and it can be expensive to get a new one fitted by an expert. Apparently the key to extending the battery life is to avoid exhausting the battery but also to avoid charging to 100% - I always set a kitchen timer and stop around 85%. All that said, friends who can afford to buy a new iPad every few years really like them - I think they are good products that suffer from Apple's luxury pricing approach.
Eric Baker ● 1948d