@rachaelspooky my galaxy s9 is about the same age as your phone, the screen recently died (well, sort of, the weird oled failure mode where everything collapses into one stripe at the top - apparently mine lasted a lot longer than other s9s did)

the cost to replace the screen is almost as much as a "decent" budget new phone. i mean the screen itself is ~$150USD, not counting tools & other parts (and labor if you're getting someone else to help, which holy shit taking apart an s9 is an involved process)

but the rest of the phone is fine! same issue with the security updates, which i also think is bullshit, but it works just fine and i'm mad that it's failing so soon and there isn't a whole lot that i can do about it

thankful that at least the screen sorta functions on like, 0-10% brightness, so it's still usable, as long as i don't like. leave the house lol :Blobhaj_Melty: