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Is not like flagship Android phones are cheap. They cost just as much as iPhones with much worse support. I agree if you are happy non flagship Android phones.

Is not like flagship Android phones are cheap. They cost just as much as iPhones with much worse support. I agree if you are happy non flagship Android phones. Those are a bargain.

hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
Why do you say "with much worse support"? That's not the case anymore, at least for Pixels.
- 2muchcoffeeman 3y ago
  Because it’s true? The pixel 6a will get 3 years of updates and 5 years of security updates. On a phone that was released 12 months ago. So it hasn’t been tested yet. Plenty of time for google to renege on that. The Pixel 6a is at least a cheaper phone. But the Pixel 7 are flagship prices for the same support. iPhones have been getting this level of updates since almost day one. The last iPhone I ran into the ground was a 6 and that had 5 years of OS updates. iOS 8 through 12. My current XR has been getting updates for almost 5 years and will get iOS 17. So at least 6 years of updates?
  - graeme 3y ago
    To add to this, Apple is still adding security patches for iOS 15. That reaches all the way back to the iPhone 6s, released in 2015, eight years ago.
  - kingrazor 3y ago
    This is exactly why I own an iPhone. I don't even personally like apple as a company. I don't like Mac computers. There are things that really irritate me about iPhones, but I use them anyway because of how long they get updates for.
  - mikae1 3y ago
    When I got my last Pixel Google were giving 3 years of security updates. I bought it one year after release. For an average consumer doing the same thing they would have had an unsecure doorstop with very low resale value after two years. Should be criminal. I installed some ROM and kept it alive (not by far as secure as using an iPhone, of course).
  - sundvor 3y ago
    My son's now 4 year old Samsung S10-5G (my old phone) is still getting updated. It is a flagship phone, the first with 5G - will be interesting to see how long they do it. Google and Samsung appear to be on the same page; I think the front runners in the Android world are a lot better than some would like to give them credit for.

Is not like flagship Android phones are cheap. They cost just as much as iPhones with much worse support. I agree if you are happy non flagship Android phones. Those are a bargain.

hn_throwaway_99 3y ago

Why do you say "with much worse support"? That's not the case anymore, at least for Pixels.

2muchcoffeeman 3y ago
Because it’s true? The pixel 6a will get 3 years of updates and 5 years of security updates. On a phone that was released 12 months ago. So it hasn’t been tested yet. Plenty of time for google to renege on that. The Pixel 6a is at least a cheaper phone. But the Pixel 7 are flagship prices for the same support. iPhones have been getting this level of updates since almost day one. The last iPhone I ran into the ground was a 6 and that had 5 years of OS updates. iOS 8 through 12. My current XR has been getting updates for almost 5 years and will get iOS 17. So at least 6 years of updates?
- graeme 3y ago
  To add to this, Apple is still adding security patches for iOS 15. That reaches all the way back to the iPhone 6s, released in 2015, eight years ago.
- kingrazor 3y ago
  This is exactly why I own an iPhone. I don't even personally like apple as a company. I don't like Mac computers. There are things that really irritate me about iPhones, but I use them anyway because of how long they get updates for.
- mikae1 3y ago
  When I got my last Pixel Google were giving 3 years of security updates. I bought it one year after release. For an average consumer doing the same thing they would have had an unsecure doorstop with very low resale value after two years. Should be criminal. I installed some ROM and kept it alive (not by far as secure as using an iPhone, of course).
- sundvor 3y ago
  My son's now 4 year old Samsung S10-5G (my old phone) is still getting updated. It is a flagship phone, the first with 5G - will be interesting to see how long they do it. Google and Samsung appear to be on the same page; I think the front runners in the Android world are a lot better than some would like to give them credit for.