the phone i'd been using as a dev device is no longer working1. the tag input rewrite is blocked because i still can't verify if any of the changes i've made actually make a difference on android, which is the platform with All The Bugs there.
what should i buy to replace it. doesn't need to be a daily driver but needs to be good enough that i won't go insane using it for work.
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despite being not that old and a Good Phone from a Good Brand, it never received any software updates, which is unfortunately par for the course with every android phone i've ever owned2.
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qualifying as well that i was a full-time android user until 2014 and switched specifically because of shit like this. i am not talking shit as a Lifelong iOS User or w/e
i have purchased a pixel 6a for the following reasons
- within budget
- despite the assumed oxymoron of "google not dropping support," pixel devices do actually get software updates
- a-series pixels seem to be good baseline models
- was available for same day pickup at my local best buy
hopefully i will be unblocked on tag input once it's all up and running b/c i really want to be done with that

