I have an aging 1.3GB smartphone running a modern Lineage OS, and it does many things surprisingly well - even runs a VPN in the background whilst surfing with Mull/Firefox.
One limitation I often encounter is that a site with lots of HD XL images, or JS demos with 3D libraries force a lot of background apps to be killed.
In most cases this is also fine, but keeping a VPN alive whilst browsing media heavy sites is becoming a factor that I'm thinking of retiring this beloved phone
What model do you have? It looks old, as just 1.3 Gb (why is 1.3, and not 1.5 or 2, weird number), but modern OS. I have a Nexus 6P, 3 Gb of ram and is still relatively snappy, but stuck on an obsolete OS (Android 8, and LineageOS is the same) quite forever.
One limitation I often encounter is that a site with lots of HD XL images, or JS demos with 3D libraries force a lot of background apps to be killed.
In most cases this is also fine, but keeping a VPN alive whilst browsing media heavy sites is becoming a factor that I'm thinking of retiring this beloved phone