December Days 2021 #23: The Flagship Killer

[Welcome to December Days, where I natter on about things organized around a theme (sometimes very loosely), one a day, for 31 days. This year, we're taking a look back at some touchpoints along the way of my journey with computing and computing devices.]

• CPU: Quad-core Krait 400 @ 2.5 GHz, part of the Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 System on a Chip


• Memory: 3 GB RAM


• Graphics: Adreno 330 @ 578 MHz, max resolution 1920x1080


• Sound: Onboard sound with monaural speaker capabilities, connected to headphones through 3.5" jack


• Inputs/Peripherals: Capacitive touch screen and three physical buttons for Home, Menu, and Back, microUSB 2.0 port for charging and data transfer, IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Hotspot, Bluetooth 4.1, integrated 13MP photography and video camera (back), 5MP selfie camera (front), Global Positioning Satellite system, Near Field Communucation system,


• Storage: 64GB internal storage


• OS: Cyanogen OS 11 (Android 4.3 "Jelly Bean" and Android 4.4(.x) "KitKat") → Cyanogen OS 12 (Android 5.0(.x) "Lollipop"), → Cyanogen OS 13 (Android 6.0(.x) "Marshmallow"), → Lineage OS 14.1 (Android 7.1 "Nougat") → Lineage OS 15.1 (Android 8.1 "Oreo") → Lineage OS 16.0 (Android 9 "Pie") → Lineage OS 17.1 (Android 10 - likely would have been "Quiche" if the naming convention had continued)

( The OnePlus One )