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The problem with iPhones is once updates stop there's nothing you can do. The iPhone 7 isn't current, it's stuck on iOS 15 while the newest is 16. And while the
by alden5 4y ago
The problem with iPhones is once updates stop there's nothing you can do. The iPhone 7 isn't current, it's stuck on iOS 15 while the newest is 16. And while the pixel 2 (which is only a month younger than the iPhone 7) only got official support up to Android 11; you actually own the device and can easily unlock the boot-loader to upgrade to Android 13.
- thewataccount 4y agoApple still does security updates for IOS - last was 12.5.7 - 23 Jan 2023 - that's back to the iPhone 5S. Feature updates with the current IOS 16 goes back to the iPhone 8 Yeah you do lose feature updates and slowly app support after the latest version drops support, but it's not like they're dropping support after 2 years, and you can stay on it for years later if you'd like. I'm not saying it couldn't be better but they're clearly far above the vast majority of their competition.
- kurtoid 4y agoI wish that were the case with all android manufacturers - Verizon versions of Samsung phones have locked bootloader's and (afaik) there aren't working bootloader unlocks for all of them
- londons_explore 4y agoAlso, old versions of android are very functional. Nearly every app will run fine even on ancient android. Old versions of iOS quickly stop working as apps demand updates, and the updates require a new iOS version.