
I saw some phones released 3 years ago, and I thought of making a blog that if you want to use a phone released in 2015 then which one is the most durable even after 3 years. My favourite phone right now is OnePlus 7 Pro, it is probably the best phone released in 2019. Now I think that 2016 was the golden age of phones. There were some bangers. The ones which I am going to consider are; OnePlus 3T, Samsung S7, Pixel 1, iPhone SE and the iPhone 6S.

Now when I look at these phones, the first thing that comes to my mind is that they all had headphone jacks. It wasn't even a question in 2016. The pricing on these phones was also really good. These were all reasonably priced flagship phones. They were also made of metal(except the S7). It is the reason why these phones exist in your hands. There is a very big difference in how these phones have aged. After considering many factors, I have come to the conclusion that iPhones have aged the best.

Let us first talk about software updates. As all of you know Apple is really good with software support. These 3-4-year-old phones still operate the latest iOS. Now when you look at the S7, the S7 supports Android 8. This is strange because this is the same age as the phone as the two iPhones. The OnePlus 3 also got up to Android 9. Pixel 1 gets Android 10 but they are gonna drop support really soon. The one that stands to be the worst is Samsung. I like what they do with their hardware but they should really work on their software. Let me get straight, if the iPhone SE can run the iOS 13 with 2GB RAM then S7 can surely run Android 10 with 4GB RAM but Samsung chose not to do it. This stuff affects resale value. iPhones are just safer to buy because of software.

Now, performance-wise, none of these phones is comparable to today's phones. Though, there is one phone for which I can say " This is the best of the bunch" and it is the iPhone SE. It has the smoothest experience in the group but they charge really slow with that lightning port. The most amazing thing is that is faster now as compared to when it was released which is certainly not the case in the other phones. The 3T is also not bad. The other two; Pixel and Samsung did not age well. iPhone definitely has the crown here. One thing which was terrible as compared to today is the camera. One thing which I would like to point out is the improvement of OnePlus's images. Now I want to know your thoughts on this whole ageing-thing in the comments below.
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