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> Samsung has raised the bar by supporting its devices with 4 years of patches For all its warts, Apple set the bar and Android as a whole has never really re
by t-writescode 5y ago
> Samsung has raised the bar by supporting its devices with 4 years of patches
For all its warts, Apple set the bar and Android as a whole has never really reached it. The 6S is still supported right now, right? And we're on the 13?
- tim333 5y agoThe 5s still gets security updates 8 years on. The 6S still gets the latest OS (iOS15). My old landline phones still work ~30 years on. The idea that electronics has to be chucked and replaced every 2 or 3 years is rather wasteful.
- wiredfool 5y agoYep. Though, the 6s was sold for quite a long time, and I think it’s the guts of the original SE, so we’re probably still in the 5 years from last sale time frame. My 6splus is still in the “not a bad phone” range for what I need it for today, and I haven’t managed to destroy it in 4 years.
- Nition 5y agoThe original 2016 iPhone SE is still arguably the highest performance small smartphone ever released as well. Good thing it's still supported because there's nothing to replace it in the same or smaller dimensions.[1] [1] Here's everything since 2015 that fits in the size criteria: https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2015&nHeightMax=125&nWidthMax=60&sFormFactors=1 https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2015&nHeightM...
- milkytron 5y agoIt was really good value too. But I had to stop using it because some critical apps I need stopped supporting the smaller screen size and would be disfunctional.
- Nition 5y agoI'm still using mine. I want a small phone and there's literally nothing to upgrade to, even on Android. The iPhone 13 Mini looks okay, but is still a bit larger.
- dgellow 5y agoI’m writing this comment from my SE 2016. Since 2016 I had to replace the battery (~30€) and the screen (my fault, ~40€) once each. I don’t plan to replace it before a while!