Re: Lasts 3 years
In reality it's probably not that prevalent. I'm not a particularly interesting target, but it would be deeply unpleasant if someone was to empty my bank account and my pension. Also all my email messages for 15+ years, my WhatsApp/Signal messages (although it's probably not going to be serialised in The Telegraph in my case, unlike Matt Hancock). My photos? Other personal things I probably have not even thought about.
I'm just a little bit paranoid. I think there *might* come a time when there's a 0day in Android which will be widely exploited on older versions. So, for the sake of a few hundred ££ I always keep my handsets updated. It's a bit like insurance, you hope you'll never need it, but if you do you'll be glad you did.
I just don't want to be the low hanging fruit.
So, for me this handset would be very tempting, if they offered 5 years of updates, as the main reason I replace my handset (apart from the security updates) is the battery life. I guess I'll be able to use LineageOS after the 3 years, but that seems like work I don't need.