Only 3 years of updates for such an expensive phone?
Iโm really glad i got the Fairphone 5 instead.
Yeah this is disheartening. Depending on where you live this comes out to ~โฌ600 per year of up-to-date phone. For many thatโll be acceptable, but itโs ridiculous to think about, considering my Fairphone 4, if I use it just to the end of full support coverage, will cost me ~โฌ100 a year. And that is already high IMO.
Thats 50โฌ a month, its ridiculous and a punch on the mouth for those who supported the product in such an early stage.
As a comparison, I am using an S20FE 5G which I got for 300โฌ two years ago. Thats 12,50 per month and it still gets updates. Sure thats no high end phone, but I dont miss anything, fast OLED screen, 500GB storage through sd card, blazing fast, good camera.
How long did you expect a total flop to keep getting updates?
Iโm really glad i got the Fairphone 5 instead.
I highly doubt you made the call between a Fold that came out 4 yrs ago vs a totally different in every way phone that literally just came out.
No, youโre right, i made an Error there. I was looking at the new Fold and almost bought the new Flip as a small android phone instead. But still, seeing how little updates Samsung Flagships get, i am very happy.
Not that you didnโt make the right call, but many of the longer software update โconfirmationsโ (obviously theyโre only worth something if they commit to that) happened around that time. Almost any android phone didnโt have more than a couple years of support, until very recently. Naturally, no brand is going to backtrack that far, especially for a completely new phone concept that they knew was going to have issues.
Something can be said about that on its own, but first gen devices always carry first gen issues, and the news (both people and articles) of the time was very vocal about such. Personally Iโm on the side of providing long software support, but not extending to hardware (in niche cases).
It said so on the tin. Sometimes this news make it sound like someone suddenly decided to fuck customers over, but this was the plan all along. Newer, more robust versions and designs are getting more time. Samsung is one of the few Android vendors who actually follow through with their support promises. Even if software updates and OS security updates stop, the phone software itself will continue to receive security updates to the user shell modules like Google Play services for another 6 years. OneUI perhaps for half of that time. The phone will likely continue to work just fine for all that while. It always sucks when there are articles that frame โcompany did today what they said they were gonna do today, 4 years ago!?โ like some sort of gotcha. If you didnโt want in on the deal, thatโs on you from 4 years ago. Samsung did exactly what they said they were gonna do with their experimental prototype toy. They have worked out the kinks and newer phones get longer support times now theyโre established products.
That phone will also get updates. Thereโs a difference between updates by Samsung and updates of Google Play services delivered through Play Store which include the web renderer.
Doesnโt the article state specifically that it wonโt? The iPhone 11 is like to get at least another two years of major OS upgrades, and further security updates after that.
Itโs nice that some Android manufacturers have promised to provide updates for their phones for a longer period, but itโs something iPhone users have been expecting for years already.
But no security updates for the OS though which often means you kinda should think about to stop using it for more than an alarm clock, podcasts and spotify.
