My flagship Samsung phones have had updates for 2-2.75 years, each time. (S3, S5, S7, and now S10. Before then, I had Google's G1 and G2.) I've no idea how the non-top-tier phones go, which includes the A51.
I have a Pixel 3a as a tiny work-only device (my choice and my $), which I have not used for voice calls at all. The speaker works for Spotify, but if the issue is in the software that handles phone usage specifically, that wouldn't matter. I think the battery life is pretty good: it's not only capacity but how well the device manages screen brightness, background app use, etc. Samsung has more cruft (I have manually disabled several apps that I never use), but it does currently have better battery management than a Google Experience device; even so, the 3a is pretty good there, IMO.
It's kind of a dieroll whether the 4a will outdo the 3a meaningfully in factors that matter to you. The 3a is better than the 2 for my purposes, but the 2 was/is better than the flat 3, for me, soooooo....
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Date: 2020-05-21 05:58 am (UTC)I have a Pixel 3a as a tiny work-only device (my choice and my $), which I have not used for voice calls at all. The speaker works for Spotify, but if the issue is in the software that handles phone usage specifically, that wouldn't matter. I think the battery life is pretty good: it's not only capacity but how well the device manages screen brightness, background app use, etc. Samsung has more cruft (I have manually disabled several apps that I never use), but it does currently have better battery management than a Google Experience device; even so, the 3a is pretty good there, IMO.
It's kind of a dieroll whether the 4a will outdo the 3a meaningfully in factors that matter to you. The 3a is better than the 2 for my purposes, but the 2 was/is better than the flat 3, for me, soooooo....
Good luck choosing!