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Their pledge has started in 2019, and the promise for 5 years of updates is fairly new. I remember they first promised 3 or 4 years of security updates. For wh
by bad_user 3y ago
Their pledge has started in 2019, and the promise for 5 years of updates is fairly new. I remember they first promised 3 or 4 years of security updates.
For what is worth, I have a Galaxy Tab S6 from 2019 that is still getting security updates, although it wasn't updated to Android 13: https://doc.samsungmobile.com/SM-T865/ROM/doc.html https://doc.samsungmobile.com/SM-T865/ROM/doc.html
- scarface_74 3y agoHow are those operating system updates? For reference, the latest version of iOS will run on 5 year old iPhones when it is released.
- bad_user 3y agoApple has unparalleled support for older devices, I think we agree. For operating system updates, Samsung pledged 4 years of updates for the flagships starting with S21. The difference between Android versions isn't big. I also mentioned in another comment that on Android, to cope with phone makers not pushing for system updates, Google can update many system components via Google Play. And apps remain compatible. Being 2 versions behind the latest Android is OK.