Why is Pixel 5 at end of life when the 5a is supported with the same chipset?

DeletedUser265

BTW, money wasn't for me in buying a phone, I've owned pixels since the first pixel , and a 6A and 7A but ditched due to size.
I've gone for the P8 for it size, though its apart from the 6A and 7A is now the largest and heaviest Pixel I've ever had.
I'll give a try but may sell due to its weight and get a Asus Zenfone 10 as this is more comparable to the P5. I know its less secure, but but it a convenient size, and I can remove/disable a lot of google apps as I've done on my P5 and will do on the P8, if I keep.

Xtreix

DeletedUser265 I don't know where the discussion started, but if you've been considering GrapheneOS but decided to give up simply because the GrapheneOS project account explained to you the importance of not downplaying the insecurity of a mobile device at the end of its life, you shouldn't take it that way because it's very valuable advice and many users ignore it, your Pixel 8 is perfect for GrapheneOS, I understand that the more compact format of the Pixel 5 may suit you better than the format of the Pixel 8, your Pixel 5 might even still be of some use to you, if I take myself as an example, I've installed GrapheneOS on the Pixel 8 which is my daily driver, and I haven't thrown away my old Pixel 4a because I use it as an NFC device, unfortunately, my bank uses Google Pay, it doesn't use its own implementation for contactless payment, so I can't pay when I do my shopping with my Pixel 8 running GOS

Using an Asus Zenfone 10 would be far worse than using an old iPhone that's still supported.

DeletedUser265

Xtreix

Thanks, for the advice but I don't need a seriously hardenised OS like GOS, which requires a phone change on eol.

My threat model is non existanct, though some secure features wouldn't go amiss.
I have NFC turned off, only card, kept in RFID wallet, touch pay, found it inconvenient keeping phone in a RFID case.

Carlos-Anso

Having full security updates rather than a phone that is getting an ever growing number of publicly known critical vulns is not 'seriously hardenised' its a very basic security measure that should be taken for any hardware/software that handles data which you may wish to remain private.

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