I’m posting this from my five year old and perfectly fine Samsung Galaxy Note 3.
Why replace it just because a new model came out? If it still does the job then keep using it.
I have a Note 4....just looked and it says my Android Patch is from 2017...hhhmmmm....wondering if that is a problem.
I think that I have that model, and it works great.
My wife has the next one and larger since she has a damaged hand from a long time ago hand injury.
I have a 3 year old Amazon tablet as a backup and for my Kindle. It replaced our expensive weather monitors that died every 2 years, and it stays connected 24/7 to a weather station 300 yards as a crow flies.
My main electronic tool is a 2 year old Acer Chromebook 15. I can text, email and pay bills and handle our finances with the Chromebook.
My wife has a 10 inch Acer Chromebook, when she wants something bigger and a key board.
All of the above is very reliable, and if new would cost less than a single new I Phone.
I'm in that camp. This post comes from an 8 year old AMD FX-8350 running Linux. Love this thing.
My current cellphone is a Samsung Galaxy S9. It replaced a six year old Motorola Droid phone. I plan on keeping this S9 as long as possible. As long as things work and do what I need them to do, I keep them. Why waste $$ just to keep up with the Jonses'?
I have an S7.
With each update Samsung disables another feature.