> Nah the manufacturer isn't pushing anything, this phone hasn't been updated by the manufacturer in many years.
That’s what I was thinking, and my instinct says you could just keep using it for another decade.
> It’s the apps that are slowing down.
That doesn’t make sense to me unless it’s one of the reasons I mentioned above: their internal DB getting too large (solution: wipe data), or the app company pushing updates.
But I can tell you know what you’re doing so I’m not going to try to convince you you’re wrong.