I've never owned a cell phone so I don't pay much attention to new cell phone announcements. However, daughter #1 was taking pictures at our house the other day and I was surprised at the clarity and color of the picture. Does anyone use a cellphone without buying a voice/talk subscription? Can one purchase just an internet connection or alternatively use wi-fi only to get to the 'net. Do Android phones have the same planned obsolescence as Apple products?
For posterity I'd be interested to hear if you pursued this further.
Purchasing a lightly used older model phone for
off cellular network use requires a bit of research on carrier models and especially overseas versions. One relevant example being FM radio functionality is much higher in EU models and almost never enabled stateside. Monitoring/Sales programs hard coded into any given globally available model by carrier (Sprint/Vodafone/etc) further wean quality options.
Alternate uses relying on cell towers but not a cellular contract are the ideal. Prime example is forgoing using $1K current phone model to go mountain biking running a gps based app. Most anything else of a technical nature is upset by all the processing and radios (read constant searching for cell/wifi/BT signal). Viewing WBF over wifi from a listening chair or taking photos are perfectly valid simple tasks. As would be taking listening notes or managing a +10K LP collection.
One last note: iPhone peculiarly quit working optimally during the prescribed upgrade period and all points after.