Qualcomm wants to make it easier for phone makers to issue Android updates
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- CbF
- 29 Jun 2024
What about putting a break on the consecutive price hikes of your flagship SoCs that cost almost on par with decent midranger phone nowadays?
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- 29 Jun 2024
Anonymous, 29 Jun 2024Not only for cheaper phones. Oneplus, Motorola and Xiaomi o... moreLike anyone cares hahaha.
I buy my phone from my network carrier on a 2 year long monthly contract and when my old phone its paid i get a new one and sell my old device.
Many people do same thing because its cheaper than buying a 1000-2000 eur flagship instantly by credit card or cash.
For example since last week of July 2023 i have my Motorola Edge 40 pro and paying 16 euros a month rest been covered by my carrier plan i pay which is 37 euros plus 16 per phone so my monthly phone bill is 37+16 thus 53 euros excluding any extras like google play receipts, paid sms for various TV or Radio contests etc.
My Carrier is O2 Telefonica and i am Slovakian (Central Europe) citizen.
And so when next year July 2025 my Phone gets paid i will buy a new phone on contract and sell my old device while it still have a decent value.
Before my Motorola Edge 40 pro had for 2 years Xiaomi Mi 11 lite 5G for 395 euros also bought on contract lasting 2 years and i paid each month 12 euros for a 400 eur device rest been covered by my carrier plan.
Now it cost me 16 instead of 12 for having a twice as much expensive device new Motorola edge 40 pro was 789 euros at that time.
Soupdates dont really matter that much. Most users dont update their phones very often and some especally people of age 50+ dont care about updates at all.
Own a phone shop company with 30 stores around the country mostly in large shopping malls and honestly plenty of people every single day come to a shop with app problems and the easy issue is they forgot to update.
As you cant teach new tricks old dog you can explain as much as you want but they simply forget.
Llstly noone wants to have even a very updated by OS, Security and Apps phone which is 7 or 10 years old but due to outdated hardware which you cant update device will not keep up and running even most basic apps means huge delay.
Waiting many seconds or minutes to run even most basic apps like facebook, tik tok, whatsapp, viber, instagram or some basic games like worldblitz or match masters, candy crush etc is a no for me.
It should be a NO for everyone.
P.S. if the phone manufacturers wants to give nmore updates they should give more warranty too. Inside EU region warranty starts at two years.
Outside Eu is 1 year or even zero country dependable.
If said companies believes to their own products so much they are willing to give 3-5-7 or even 10 years of updates they shouls give equal in warranty in all of 206 existing countries in world. Its smple as that.
And if they cannot give more warranty then i dont see reason for having more updates too.
Apart the fairphone you cant update hardware and thus phones gets more and more useless older their are. It have nothing with value for money. So brands like google give much more updates than Apple or Samsung and yet their phones after 3-5 years arent worth more than 50-100 even if the phone is in a brand new condition after 3-5years of use.
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- Anonymous
- LfV
- 29 Jun 2024
IpsDisplay, 29 Jun 2024Boy people like you will go the extra mile to confirm your ... moreAlso xiaomi 11t is now on android 14 and will get security updates until Q4 2025
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- 29 Jun 2024
flop, 29 Jun 2024mediatek could neverBoy people like you will go the extra mile to confirm your dislike for mediatek no matter what...
Mediatek already has this .. buy they have to pay them and OEMs are not willing to pay
Look how many Nokia phones with mediatek are getting 3 years OS updates
Can't you just dislike media WITHOUT believing lies.. you know that is possible right? You can not like or support them but remain respectful to the facts
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- Anonymous
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- 29 Jun 2024
Anonymous, 29 Jun 2024Snapdragon 865 130 dollar when came out where you get 40 do... more8+g1 was $120 according bill of materials of xiaomi 12s ultra.
How 865 can be 130?
Stop defending huge price cause by geeks obssession with games
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- 29 Jun 2024
How about fixing your horrendous naming scheme first!!
STOP confusing consumers with rehashed/rebadged 2-3 yr old chips pretending that they are latest release and are better than their previous iteration!
I thought QC would be better than MTK in that regard, but it seems it's just as bad!
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- txG
- 29 Jun 2024
Anonymous, 29 Jun 2024They don't give a promise. Google requires all OEMs to... more> Google requires all OEMs to give at least 1 OS update and 2 years of security patches.
Where do you read this from, though? I'm curious.
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- Anonymous
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- 29 Jun 2024
MindTheGap, 29 Jun 2024Tbh 3 OS updates is already good nowadays, since most peopl... moreThey don't give a promise. Google requires all OEMs to give at least 1 OS update and 2 years of security patches.
The EU should up the minimum software promise to 3 OS updates and 4 years of security patches to prevent e-waste, as some OEMs just stop supporting them to get people to upgrade.
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- 29 Jun 2024
Anonymous, 29 Jun 2024Not only for cheaper phones. Oneplus, Motorola and Xiaomi o... moreOnePlus and Xiaomi give their flagships 4 OS updates and 5 years of security patches.
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- 29 Jun 2024
Anonymous, 29 Jun 2024I always block updates with Dev mode. And so they want to ... moreAlways update your phone. These security patches are genuinely important.
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- Anonymous
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- 29 Jun 2024
S24Plus, 29 Jun 2024Someone who knows their history. I honestly don't know... moreAlso they did non-frand and anti-competitive practices, see cdma and non-compete chipset deals.
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- 29 Jun 2024
potato4k, 29 Jun 2024LOL. Do remember that in the past, Qualcomm was the one tha... moreSomeone who knows their history. I honestly don't know the community lead to fanboying Qualcom today. They blatantly screwed consumers.
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- Anonymous
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- 29 Jun 2024
Anonymous, 29 Jun 2024I always block updates with Dev mode. And so they want to ... moreYou own the device, you do not own the software it runs.
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- 29 Jun 2024
John Magic , 29 Jun 2024The problem with flagships is the non-removable battery, me... moreEuropean union will force oems to start making phones which user can change batteries easily. That will also come to laptops, game consoles etc.
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- 29 Jun 2024
John Magic , 29 Jun 2024The problem with flagships is the non-removable battery, me... morewell, the EU is trying to deal with it luckily but still -android architecture makes it terrible at updating the os only - when you update windows you don't have to be bothered if the CPU is compatible in majority of the cases...
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- Anonymous
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- 29 Jun 2024
I always block updates with Dev mode.
And so they want to sneak it another way to force me. Last year's they made rooting almost impossible. That's be just the 'too much' for me to stay away. My phone is my phone, I have paid for it.
So no SD anymore for me if that'd happen.
There are very good MediaTek alternatives nowadays, and for a lot cheaper.
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- 29 Jun 2024
Anonymous, 29 Jun 2024Weird how some IBM Thinkpad from 2 decades ago can (unoffic... moreThe problem with flagships is the non-removable battery, meaning that afer 4-5 years the phone becomes a paper weigth....
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- .wojtek
- 0Uk
- 29 Jun 2024
so basically they should un-galvanize operating system from the drivers and then OS could be updated independently like any other sane OS but no... android bundles everything together AO tough luck
- MindTheGap
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- 29 Jun 2024
Anonymous, 29 Jun 2024Not only for cheaper phones. Oneplus, Motorola and Xiaomi o... moreTbh 3 OS updates is already good nowadays, since most people tend to hold their phone for at least 3 years. More is better, but 3 OS updates must be the minimum for every phone nowadays, even the only that priced under $100. Samsung A0x series, Xiaomi non-pro Redmi Note series, non-note Redmi series, Poco C series, Oppo A series, Vivo Y series, OnePlus Nord N series, most Realme, Asus phones, most newer BBK phones, etc. only got 2 OS updates. Even some brands like ZTE and Itel don't give you any OS updates at all.