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Two years? That's it? The iPhone 6 has been getting both feature and security updates for about 4 years, with the EOL not being for another year or two. Googl

Two years? That's it? The iPhone 6 has been getting both feature and security updates for about 4 years, with the EOL not being for another year or two. Google needs to do better.

pjmlp 8y ago
While it is bad, with iPhone prices I get to buy about 3 mid-range pre-paid Android phones, which gets up to 6 years support while having freshly new devices. Which I don't do, as we in most European countries tend to replace pre-paids only when they die or get stolen.
- koyote 8y ago
  Yeah I do the same. I buy a ~200 euro/dollar/pounds phone every 2-3 years. I'd love to work out how much money I've saved over the last two decades while always having a decent phone in my pocket. It's getting more difficult now that Nexus is no more but Xiaomi and the other Chinese manufacturers are stepping up in that game. The Android One progamme is a saviour in that respect.
- charlesdm 8y ago
  Well, preference? I still vastly prefer an iPhone to an Android phone.
  - pjmlp 8y ago
    Good that you can earn enough that it is only a mattter of preference. For many people 300 euros is already too much.
    - brokenmachine 8y ago
      I could afford an iphone but I find them confusing to use and hate their user-hostile actions. I don't worry about price on something that I use 10,000 times every day anyway.
      - pjmlp 8y ago
        People which goal in life is to move beyond a 400 euros month salary usually have other priorities in life than buying an iPhone, regardless how much they might use their smartphone per day.
        brokenmachine 8y ago
        What I'm saying is I can easily afford an iPhone but prefer Android, unlike the poster I was replying to. So although I do feel sympathy for those poorer people who can't afford an iPhone, I don't feel sympathy for them because they can't afford an iPhone.
- kdk0nx 8y ago
  Yeah that’s the ticket; just generate more garbage to deal with
  - pjmlp 8y ago
    That is what happens when a phone costs more than a desktop computer, or contracts require 50 euros per month just as base price. Which then require the help of the consumers protection agency to be properly terminated.
    - kdk0nx 8y ago
      That’s what happens when society prioritizes constant participation in a consumer market. Personally my iPhone 6 Plus with a new battery is plenty. What more can one get out of the new hardware that is that valuable, other than a dopamine kick that fades? I’m no Luddite; my education is in computer engineering. I love hardware. And I’m not saying it’s a personal moral failing. It’s an information war that is being won by big money that have described it just as you did your entire life

Two years? That's it? The iPhone 6 has been getting both feature and security updates for about 4 years, with the EOL not being for another year or two. Google needs to do better.

pjmlp 8y ago

While it is bad, with iPhone prices I get to buy about 3 mid-range pre-paid Android phones, which gets up to 6 years support while having freshly new devices. Which I don't do, as we in most European countries tend to replace pre-paids only when they die or get stolen.

koyote 8y ago
Yeah I do the same. I buy a ~200 euro/dollar/pounds phone every 2-3 years. I'd love to work out how much money I've saved over the last two decades while always having a decent phone in my pocket. It's getting more difficult now that Nexus is no more but Xiaomi and the other Chinese manufacturers are stepping up in that game. The Android One progamme is a saviour in that respect.
charlesdm 8y ago
Well, preference? I still vastly prefer an iPhone to an Android phone.
- pjmlp 8y ago
  Good that you can earn enough that it is only a mattter of preference. For many people 300 euros is already too much.
  - brokenmachine 8y ago
    I could afford an iphone but I find them confusing to use and hate their user-hostile actions. I don't worry about price on something that I use 10,000 times every day anyway.
    - pjmlp 8y ago
      People which goal in life is to move beyond a 400 euros month salary usually have other priorities in life than buying an iPhone, regardless how much they might use their smartphone per day.
      - brokenmachine 8y ago
        What I'm saying is I can easily afford an iPhone but prefer Android, unlike the poster I was replying to. So although I do feel sympathy for those poorer people who can't afford an iPhone, I don't feel sympathy for them because they can't afford an iPhone.
kdk0nx 8y ago
Yeah that’s the ticket; just generate more garbage to deal with
- pjmlp 8y ago
  That is what happens when a phone costs more than a desktop computer, or contracts require 50 euros per month just as base price. Which then require the help of the consumers protection agency to be properly terminated.
  - kdk0nx 8y ago
    That’s what happens when society prioritizes constant participation in a consumer market. Personally my iPhone 6 Plus with a new battery is plenty. What more can one get out of the new hardware that is that valuable, other than a dopamine kick that fades? I’m no Luddite; my education is in computer engineering. I love hardware. And I’m not saying it’s a personal moral failing. It’s an information war that is being won by big money that have described it just as you did your entire life