A big part of it is built in batteries that are difficult to replace. My phone has a removable battery and has is on its third one now… still works fine and does everything I want it to, after 10 years of use.

It’s honorable that you struggle through 2013 Android, but using an internet enabled device that hasn’t received security updates in at least 7 years is a horrible idea.

Upgrade to a Fairphone at least, so you can keep replacing parts while also maintaining a base level of security.

Wish I had heard of fairphone before I bought a pixel. I have to decline Google assistant popups every fucking day
Pixels are the best phones to use for Graphene OS. You could also install some other degoogled Android distro, like LineageOS.