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Its impressive that Apple is still supporting the iPhone 5S - a device released in 2013. By contrast Google's Nexus 5 flagship Android phone, also released in
by beerlord 8y ago
Its impressive that Apple is still supporting the iPhone 5S - a device released in 2013.
By contrast Google's Nexus 5 flagship Android phone, also released in 2013, received its last major updated in 2015.
5 years of software updates (and probably more to come) vs 2 years - that's why I switched from Android to iPhone.
- Apocryphon 8y agoThe iPhone 4s was the first device to support five major software versions. Here's hoping that the devices will be able to support more and more based on 1) hardware improvements in power and 2) software improvements on performance.
- baddox 8y agoThat's why I always chuckle when people accuse Apple of planned obsolescence. I'm sure Apple would prefer that you update your iPhone every year, but relative to all other Android flagships I'm aware of, 5 years of OS updates is massive.
- LMYahooTFY 8y agoI'm not sure how what you say negates the possibility that planned obsolescence is part of Apple's business?
- cromwellian 8y agoThat’s mostly a function of controlling your own CPU architecture, as android IHVs are heavily dependent on updates from Qualcomm and others. Also, while they have supported old devices, they do from time to time unceremoniously make old apps incompatible which then stop working. Microsoft still has them beat in terms of backwards app compatibility in Os upgrades and MS did it over a diverse ecosystem of hardware which is far more costly.