No hardware is upgradable forever; that's an absurd standard that no one is expecting. The fact remains that Apple consistently provides 2-3 years of updates,

No hardware is upgradable forever; that's an absurd standard that no one is expecting. The fact remains that Apple consistently provides 2-3 years of updates, for their phones, whereas even new Google-branded Nexus phones are in some cases getting cut out of updates in less than one year.