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Re:Critical Bluetooth vulnerability in Android by nxc18 on Friday February 07, 2020 @11:40AM (#22267733)
Buy a $400 device and hold onto it for a few years. The android device needs to be replaced every 2 years and subjects you to misery for the last half of its life.

The old iPhone is going to work as well as, if not better than, a new android device - Apple tends to be about 5 years ahead of Qualcomm in performance, and they actually service their devices. My mom is using my iPhone 6S from 2015 that feels about as snappy as my 2018 XR. And that feels snappier than a pixel 4.

Very few people are software developers so the Mac req to develop is a non-issue.

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Re:Critical Bluetooth vulnerability in Android by khill on Friday February 07, 2020 @01:38PM (#22269152)
Not true - I replace my Android phones every 4-5 years.
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Re:Critical Bluetooth vulnerability in Android by oauea on Saturday February 08, 2020 @10:20AM (#22276150)
My phone is older than that, and it's working perfectly fine. It's still getting updates, too. No idea what you're talking about or where you're getting your information from, but it's clearly wrong and biased. Makes sense I suppose, when you've spent so much money to buy into the apple ecosystem you just can't help but defend it.
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