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Last time I looked into alternatives (it’s been a while) there was no manufacturer that provided updates to latest Android without any delays for longer than 2
by andix 3y ago
Last time I looked into alternatives (it’s been a while) there was no manufacturer that provided updates to latest Android without any delays for longer than 2 years. And manufacturers constantly broke their promise to keep delivering updates as long as possible.
I usually buy 2 year old high end iPhones. So this is very relevant for me. Also from an ecological perspective, smartphones should last at least 5 years.
- layer8 3y agoSmartphones are now required by the EU to provide updates for five years. Samsung even promises seven years now.
- andix 3y agoI guess only security updates are mandated. With an iPhone you always get the newest version of iOS and many/most new features, not just some patches.
- layer8 3y agoNo, besides security updates the regulation also covers corrective updates (i.e. bugfixes) and functionality updates for “the same OS”. Personally I would actually prefer stability over having the system and UI changing every year, and getting slower every year on older hardware.
- smallerfish 3y agoGoogle Pixels are now shipping 7 years of updates.
- paulddraper 3y agoLol. My Pixel is newer than that, and I haven't gotten a single update in 2.5 years.
- smallerfish 3y agoThey started this on a recent gen, maybe 7. Certainly 8.
- paulddraper 3y agoIt hasn't been 7 years yet for either the Pixel 7 or the 8, but I suppose Google never cancels things.
- andix 3y agoExactly, there were a lot of similar promises like that before. And then the excuses started. Old phones got the promised updates months after the Android release. Sometimes even after already the next Android version was released.
- smallerfish 3y agoSure, but they'll open themselves up to lawsuits if they back out of this. Cancelling a saas product is one thing; cancelling "guaranteed updates" is another.
- andix 3y agoCan you see the problem? People have Android phones from big manufacturers and not getting updates. If this will change in the future that's great. But now people have phones that don't get updates.