That sucks.

Collecting anime girl pngs from slot machines like everyone else

RAM helps with multitasking, storage lets you store more stuff (I treat my phone basically as a PC-lite), and good SoC is needed for computational photography. So yeah

I have the 500GB version of the note 20 and have almost completely filled it.

I sync certain folders across all of my devices which is especially useful when i'm planning travel and actually travelling. it also means i can save photos and access and share them across all of my devices.

As for RAM I am extremely selective about what i install on my device, i prune applications regularly and flat out refuse to use apps for services where webapps are available. That in mind, my RAM on my 12GB phone is currently about 75% in use.

I do also watch media on my phone occasionally, especially on flights. the screen on the note20 ultra is very nice for that.

Well, not without Da Revolushun

The chip was made by MediaTek and Google just provides Android and usually no firmware support in the first place… So how exactly is this related to Google?

Newer versions of Android were not available for the FP1. Older versions didn't get the security updates. That was the issue.

That sounds like a browser issue which is unrelated to the OS.

No, it was not a browser issue. I don't remember which one, maybe heartbleed, or any other of the famous vulnerabilities with a logo and a website.

Uhm what did you expect from a 1st generation smartphone made in 2013? That the software will always be up-to-date even 10 years later?

Well, that is exactly the claim, isn't it? "The one that lasts" implies for me that it doesn't randomly become unusable after a few years, even though the hardware is technically still fine. Smartphones have now reached a point of stagnating innovation. We already have most functionality we need, so it's in theory a good time to produce phones that last until the hardware falls apart.