I found my old pixel 9a from 2004
"Thought it was a goner but I finally found it. So happy that Google planned ahead back in '04 and future-proofed the hardware with 5G bands before the carriers even existed.Tossed my SMARTY (Vodafone) SIM into it and it still gets full bars. Best part is it's still getting official security updates until 2032. 28 years of software support is insane, why are people buying modern phones??The 2004 architecture runs Vanadium like a beast and the 'App Store' loads perfectly. Anyone else still daily-driving their '04 launch day Pixel?"
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2004? Sure bud. That model pixel has been around since 1994 at least.
"Wow, your family must have been rich to afford the 1994 Pixel 1a prototype. My parents could only afford this 9a budget version in '04."
Are you high or smth?
SMARTY runs off 3, not Vodafone
https://www.ukbusinessmagazine.co.uk/vodafone-full-ownership-vodafonethree/ Vodafone bought out three
Was blissfully unaware of this
So now there's only like 3 operators in the UK?
Yeah we only got 3 sad