Comment by nickjj

It's about the principle of the matter. A 2 trillion dollar company rendered my perfectly working phone close to unusable and every visit to their official repair center broke it even further.

I picked the 4a because I liked its small size, wired headphone jack and the camera is great. It was 100% fine before all of this started and probably would have lasted until the hardware naturally died. It ran everything I wanted super smoothly.

A more modern phone that's heavier, larger and requires babysitting bluetooth earbuds is a downgrade in my book.