The follow-up device should feature multiple SD slots to make a software RAID.
(manufacturer) "It does X and have Linux." (community) "Can it have more memory?" (manufacturer) "Sure. What sizes?" (community) "The more, the merrier." (manufacturer) "As you wish. Here's 128gb." (community) "Oh, it doesn't have <insert shell or install method>. I'll buy a 7 year old device instead and wait for RAID 10 and a foldable screen." (manufacturer) "wtf"