Why do you listen to those people :rolleyes: I have Galaxy S6 and Samsung released Android 7.0 for it. In USA it’s up to the carriers to update their phones. So my carrier was the last one to update (nevertheless they still did). Sure Pixel 2 will have latest Android, but if you look at the stats, the entire world is still on Android 5 or 6 or even older. So running latest Android will hurt you in a way.
Not sure who would tell you that, but yes, pixel density is critical for VR. For non-VR, not really.