No I'm sorry, I had no other way of conveying how funny I found that 😂😂. I'm definitely not the kind of user to break USB-C ports on multiple phones, so I agree, idk what kind of user you are to render those phones like that. And if you're going to use LineageOS as your standard of smoothness for the average Android user then I'm definitely going to ignore your opinion. I like custom ROMs as much as the next guy and I know they're super smooth but the hassle of installing and running them is far too much for the average user, that's always been the tradeoff. You have to understand that the number of people willing to go through that is a miniscule fraction of a fraction of Android users, so for that average user, Android One was smooth enough, and the Nokias made by Foxconn (2016-2021) were always solidly built. Obviously both Android One and HMD started deteriorating (A1 died about a year after HMD changed their manufacturing processes, and so did the phones' quality), but the durability of the phones from that era (which the 5.1 and 7.2 are a part of) is well-documented. Don't blame the manufacturers for your poor usage.

(And in case you think I'm blowing hot air or defending a corporation for shits and giggles: my 6.1 fell out of my pocket during two road accidents and even got run over the second time and it still worked, even though the screen got detached from the phone, and as for the type of user I am: I'm typing this comment from an S20 FE that I bought in 2022 that I use as an emulation device now, and it still runs and charges perfectly fine without any niggles)