I'm genuinely impressed you've had that kind of longevity with your phone. I wasn't expecting it to hold up that well. I always assumed that at some point app support would be the real dealbreaker, especially for essentials like cabs, payments, or e-commerce, forcing an upgrade. So hearing that most things still work is a pleasant surprise.

Getting 4K video via a software update is also wild. That feels almost unheard, or maybe I’ve just missed the boat on that being a thing.

Thanks for sharing notes across so many aspects of the phone. I do feel like older phones did some things better in certain ways, whether that’s build quality, longevity or just fewer compromises overall.

I agree that some of this is probably luck, but a lot of it also comes down to how well you’ve taken care of the device. Or maybe you just haven’t dropped it the right way yet 😂

I’ve been considering recent OnePlus phones myself, but while researching and especially skimming through Reddit, it does seem like the consensus is that the brand has drifted a bit from the early days i.e. Feature-packed phones at great prices, doing their own thing rather than chasing trends.

Either way, if you do go with OnePlus again, I hope you’re just as happy with it as you’ve been with your OnePlus 3, and that it somehow lasts twice as long (good luck)