Snapdragon 888 phones will be eligible for up to 3 Android OS updates

17 December 2020
Google and Qualcomm are teaming up to bring timelier Android updates to upcoming flagships.

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Jasson91, 18 Dec 2020Lol no im upgrading my flagship device for once per 2 years... moreGreat, so you have money. Congrats I guess... A lot of people use phones for many years and having timely updates going for years, it's more reassuring things still get fixed or improved. Wanna wonder why Android ecosystem is so stupendously fragmented and full of devices that are vulnerable and never ever fixed? Coz people do exactly that. Run old phones with outdated OS. And people run their whole lives from personal data, personal photos, banking, shopping etc on those swiss cheese phones. Yikes.

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    • 18 Dec 2020

    Anonymous, 18 Dec 2020Do you understand that you can continue using your phone af... moreDo you understand that I didn't even say that and I actually said something entirely different. Go on and re-read my post again. Maybe you'll get it eventually.

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      • 18 Dec 2020

      AnonD-804996, 17 Dec 2020Sure, they totally don't make me. Purposely stop updat... moreDo you understand that you can continue using your phone after it stops getting updates? You said it as if as soon as updates stopped coming, you phone would immediately stop working. Longer support is better, of course, but it is by no means necessary.

        AnonD-804996, 17 Dec 2020I might this time around as I'm on iOS and vendor of t... moreLol no im upgrading my flagship device for once per 2 years and midranger for once per 1 years. There is nothing so expensive about that. It didnt cost more than cheapest iphone available per year. Like what i said im bored with the same device every year plus im not broke like those people who stick with their luxury device for 5 years.🤣

          RealLifePhones, 18 Dec 2020As a defense for Samsung: I am a S10 user and I am very hap... moreAgree, samsung is actually fine. The reason why the android ecosystem is bad as a whole is that companies like Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi launch a lot of phones which are very similar but have slight variations and this large useless variety means that the companies don't care about updates. Its obvious, by giving less updates, the phones get outdated faster and so the companies can sell more. Btw, "coughs" LG and motorola suck at updates as well

            Meanwhile qualcomm is laughing behind the doors at the fact that they are the reason for slow updates by making too many chips with slight variations.

              Qualcomm & Google need to provide tools for technically minded users to bypass OEMs for those 3 upgrades. Project Treble had made that possible.

                Anonymous, 17 Dec 2020that's the thing people are no saying it all has to d... moreAs a defense for Samsung: I am a S10 user and I am very happy with the update situation. Updates are monthly, some security patches were delivered before even Pixels got them (I stopped counting after 7), the time until the Android 10 update hit wasn't the fastest but totally acceptable (end of November 2019), I got a lot of new features through OneUI 2.1 & 2.5 updates that add usefulness, I get 3 OS updates, I get a total of 5 years with security updates. Even midrangers get a lot of these benefits but on a quarterly basis.

                Samsung is still one of the best Android OEMs when it comes to updates and they have improved a lot in the past 2-3 years people just didn't take notice. https://m.gsmarena.com/nokia_phones_top_counterpoints_trust_rankings_a_mix_of_update_speed_and_hardware_durability-news-45990.php

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                  • 18 Dec 2020

                  Anonymous, 18 Dec 2020So when bugs are present on Android, the OS is to be blamed... moreWhen bugs are found in Android, and the Android does not allow you to patch the OS. Then the fault is with android.

                  When bugs are found in iOS, and the OS was patched, but the app refused to be updated, then the fault is with the developer.

                  Sometimes, it's not just crashes that harms your phone, a badly written code, that keeps backward compatibility, causes lags, instability, battery drain, taxing on the cpu / gpu. Thats why it destroys your trust in the hardware, thinking you need more and more specs.

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                    • 18 Dec 2020

                    Anonymous, 18 Dec 2020OxygenOS and MIUI are already better than stock Android. Go... moreStock ROM skips practically all the useful features that are more likely to be present on other Android skins (irrespective of whether they are light or heavy skins).

                    People who brag about stock ROM being better usually lack experience of using different Android skins (especially skins from 2020).
                    I run my own shop selling phones from different brands, so I know what I am talking about.

                    I have used All type of phones as daily driver in the past decade.
                    About 30-40 phones over a period of time, mostly flagships.
                    In 2020, I'll rather use one ui, miui, zen ui based Androids over stock OS which lacks latest features and is basically playing catchup.

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 18 Dec 2020

                      Anonymous, 18 Dec 2020Fragmented OS have no updates. So the latest OS have to be ... moreAnd the cheap iPhone SE and mini with its terrible battery life is a use and throw product as the battery is dead within a year. So much for 5 years of updates lol.

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 18 Dec 2020

                        Anonymous, 18 Dec 2020Fragmented OS have no updates. So the latest OS have to be ... moreSo when bugs are present on Android, the OS is to be blamed.
                        When bugs are present on iOS, the individual developer is to be blamed.. It's clear how biased you are. BTW iOS Has way more bugs upon launch and they keep fixing it for the rest of the year. People simply don't want to deal with buggy thermal throttling mess called iPhone.

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                          • 18 Dec 2020

                          Hanif Fikri, 18 Dec 2020Lol when the softwares in chinese smartphones getting bette... moreOxygenOS and MIUI are already better than stock Android. Google is merely playing catchup to features being introduced by Chinese vendors. Expect Google to fall further behind when Huawei launches HarmonyOS. But, you know, they can always try and ban Chinese phones.

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 18 Dec 2020

                            fren, 17 Dec 2020there goes the death of exynos chip "in the rest of th... moreThey already did. Read the news.

                              echo, 18 Dec 2020Android ecosystem everyone is busy fragmenting it and tons ... moreLol when the softwares in chinese smartphones getting better guess who gonna ban it...

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                                • Anonymous
                                • uJD
                                • 18 Dec 2020

                                Anonymous, 18 Dec 2020Is that why the fragmented OS has very few bugs compared to... moreFragmented OS have no updates. So the latest OS have to be backward compatible to old codes, making your whole experience laggy, and sometimes bugs. These type of bugs will appear for older OS versions, by then.. everyone would have moved on, buy a new android phone. If you still stuck with it.. TUFF luck!.

                                Apple upgrade their OS, make it more efficient on every iteration. It is up to the developer to adopt the latest changes and make their app "up to par". Those developer who are lazy, blame Apple for bugs, because they are lazy.. do not want to change their code.. too much work. But like all famous OS, developer who are lazy will be cast aside, other more hardworking developers will take their place.

                                In short, bugs in iOS is handled fast and with urgency. Android.. ha! Just buy a new phone.. they are dirt cheap anyways right?

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                                  • 18 Dec 2020

                                  And if the the carriers choose to only provide support for 1 version of Android then such support by qualcomm is invalid.

                                  Govt ned to legislate that device carriers, manufacturers have to support their services for at least 5 years after purchase and that includes spare parts, firmware upgrades and security updates.

                                  Of course they will not do this, the tax revenues from discarding of phones forcing people to regularly update their devices is too great.

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 18 Dec 2020

                                    echo, 18 Dec 2020Android ecosystem everyone is busy fragmenting it and tons ... moreIs that why the fragmented OS has very few bugs compared to iOS?
                                    Is that why apps are crashing at the highest rate on iOS?
                                    Apple hardly have few devices yet can't get their software right.

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                                      • 18 Dec 2020

                                      Anonymous, 17 Dec 2020And here I am, having 7 year old phone running Android 11.Custom ROM's just isn't the same. Most of them out there (especially the unofficial builds) simply aren't stable enough for daily drive over time. Being down that road, while it nice to refresh old phones, but there is a point where it simply not good enough.

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                                        • 18 Dec 2020

                                        echo, 18 Dec 2020Android ecosystem everyone is busy fragmenting it and tons ... moreAgreed

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