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3 years of updates for flagships is not great.
I mean, might as well just go for the budget Motorola phones, they also have MicroSD card slot, headphone jack, IP68/69 water resistance, they are also at 3 years of security updates.
What's all the processing power even for, the Moto G Power (2025) (USD $300) is capable of doing most tasks.
Gaming and the camera are the least niche use cases I can think of.
Also, one of the upsides of Sony devices retaining critically endangered features like the headphone jack and microSD slot is that they appeal to geeks, which generally leads to to good custom ROM support. So it's 3 years of updates from the manufacturer but you can often stretch their lifespan out a lot longer.
Indeed it's not great, tho recently it's been upgraded to 3 major OS upgrades and 4 years of security updates. For a flagship phone that is still not much, but for me the minimum I'd be happy to invest in.
Of course they also have cheaper phones, which may cover your needs.
Does it still say "hello moto" when you turn it on?
Oh yea that sound fucking annoys me. I had one like a couple years ago, they still had that sound.
I keep my phone on silence most of the time, so, if your ringer volume is off before the power off, you won't hear it the next boot.
Lack of updates isn't a killer as much as you think. I'm intentionally running a 5 year old version of Android (11) and never once have any security issues. The best defense is being smart about your usage no matter how old your software is.