We asked Samsung why it gave its flagships 7 years of support
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- Anton .el PAPI.
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- 29 Mar 2024
skoda9635, 29 Mar 2024I am sorry, but Androids still aren't there yet to hav... moreThat is completely false! My Friend has a Galaxy s10 not plus! a phone from 2019 and Aceves I do some cleaning and the phone moves like silk.... even though Samsung left it on android 12* one Ui 5* pixel 6 pro! baaa lo.tive and I sold it years 6 months the problem is not the phone but the greedy manufacturer that throws you updates to rent the phone
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- 29 Mar 2024
skoda9635, 29 Mar 2024I am sorry, but Androids still aren't there yet to hav... moreYou're judging Android based on budget processors. Tensor and Exynos are not nearly as good as Snapdragon 8 and MediaTek Dimensity series. Flagships with those processors run smooth for many years.
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- 29 Mar 2024
I am sorry, but Androids still aren't there yet to have more than two years of support from the HW.
My two and half years old Pixel 6 Pro stars to lag on input after typing like two longer paragraphs of text, or if I open more apps at once.
So OnePlus people are right. Samsung also wants to stop the depreciation of their phones. I had A53 until recently too, it was already lagging from day one, so what support for 5 years for A55? That OneUI thing is crap.
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Lilian, 29 Mar 2024Too late in my case. I switched myself and my family to iOS... moreSame reason why I refuse to buy a Xiaomi phones, since they seemingly refuse to updates their products. I don't care if their phones are cheaper, just give me a phone that last long
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- 29 Mar 2024
Long support is nice to have, who here is still using a phone from 2020? I'm sure most of them have upgraded.. Even every year.
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- 29 Mar 2024
More companies should aspire to be like Samsung or Apple with their excellent software updates. Unlike OnePlus's statement, not only long software support beneficial to customers, it also helps them sell more phones since people (like me) are willing to spend more money if it meant I'm gonna have a phone that will last long.
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Crackling Doom, 29 Mar 2024I think it's because phones have hit a performance pla... moreYes I agree with all you've said, however, I think that is true since around 2018, at least for the basic user (which is the majority of people), so why this decision wasn't made earlier? It would've helped a lot to android's reputation as a whole
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Lilian, 29 Mar 2024Too late in my case. I switched myself and my family to iOS... moreWhat iPhone do you have?
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Too late in my case. I switched myself and my family to iOS years ago, exactly because of this reason, almost non-existent support after ~2 years(they can drag the last Android update to 1 year or over). No plans to switch back really...
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- 29 Mar 2024
Why do phones even have an arbitrary duration of software updates when desktops can just continue updating until the system requirements are no longer met is beyond me.
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Anonymous, 29 Mar 2024Why this took so long to big ass companies like samsung and... moreI think it's because phones have hit a performance plateau, so the difference in performance from one year to the next is not significant. Also, phones are getting more and more expensive, so it makes sense that people keep their phones for longer as opposed to upgrading more frequently. Both of these factors would mean that people would want support for those phones for a longer period of time.
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- 29 Mar 2024
Why this took so long to big ass companies like samsung and google? Is too expensive to maintain these devices? I would think not since on the custom ROM side there are phones that have already 7+ years of support, with wayy less budget and people
For years Apple had this 'marketing advantage' that their phones lasted longer so they were a better buy in this regard
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- 29 Mar 2024
I am gonna buy a S24+ next.
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WHtat for ?ppl now changing phones every year like krazy...
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Anonymous, 29 Mar 2024Translation - Because Google did it and we can't fall ... moreAnd this is why competition is healthy
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- 29 Mar 2024
No, they just ran out of things to sell on flagships, so they added longer life support even though they know people who buy flagships don't keep them even half that long.
If it were really about longevity they extend it for the S23 lineup to 7 years as well.
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MakeMotoBetterAgain, 29 Mar 2024Ill pay extra for more years of support, but now ask Motoro... moreNow Is 3 year..
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dcdev, 29 Mar 2024Because we have to wait 7 years for 1-inch sensor in GalaxyType 1.0 needs to sacrifice design.
Impossible to put it behind 23, 24 or 25mm lens without that massive bump seen on oppo/xiaomi.
Samsung will not do it. Much easier to buy from sony a 1/1.2" exmor T that can give same performance of imx989.
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- 29 Mar 2024
Samsung make great devices, but their software is mediocre.