Smartphone Update Support

Android because 2-3 years of updates is far shorter than the lifespan of the hardware.

>Device manufactures depend on you buying new phones. They cannot support phones after two years or else it kills their profit margins.This is the reason after using Nexus devices for 5 year, I will buy an iPhone and I will never ever look at Android again. My girlfriend switched from Galaxy note 4 to iPhone last year, and she is amazed how much iPhone experience is better than high-end Android experience.2 year only update? Give me a fucking break, this total rip off. If I remember cor

Even on the latest model Pixel phones Google still refuses to commit to more than 3 years of Android updates... They have at least lengthened the security update timeline to a whole 5 years.I bought an iphone around the launch of the Pixel 4, which is now nearing it's end of support. Meanwhile Apple has provided the latest updates to devices that launched 7 years ago.

The shelf life of _android_ phones is low, and it's strikingly different on iOS which receive updates for 5+ years.

Wonder if they'll support timely major Android version updates for 5+ years like Apple does.

Some newer Android phones seem to be bucking this trend with longer and longer support windows:- Pixel 8 phones will get guaranteed Android version updates for at least 7 years until at least 2030. [1]- Recent Samsung models seem to offer longer 5+ years of updates, too.Also, perhaps the budget Android phones seem to have shorter support windows (like if you got a Pixel 8 in 2028 the 7+ years may seem more like 2)And Apple devices tend to get longer support.[1]: <a href="https:&#x

It got better in the past 2 years. The latest Pixel or Samsung gives you 5 years of support. 3 major updates + 2 years of security updates on the Pixel and 4 major updates + 1 year of security updates on a Samsung. An iPhone gets you 6 major iOS updates, I think.

Yes, Apple deserves some credit for being early to it but now Google and Samsung offer 7 year support for their newer phones too.

I just looked into this issue over the weekend, since my current phone is now EOL. The newest phones from Google and Samsung just upped their support lifetime from 3 years of software updates[1][2]. Their newer phones now get 3 or 4 years of feature updates, and 5 years of security updates.Not as impressive as Apple, but it's a welcome improvement. Soon it might actually make sense to buy older Pixel or Galaxy models without worrying about them going EOL just a year or 2 after you get th

But Apple supports iPhones for 4-5 years. Google has said they will only support their flagship Nexus and Pixel phones for no more than 2 years. For a $700 device this is unacceptable.