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Samsung's latest software update may be bricking older phones (www.engadget.com)

submitted 1 month ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I won't trust Google on that unless they actually deliver. Too many canned projects by that company.

The iPhone 6S got iOS 9 to iOS 15, so 7 years of mainline software support and as of now it's still getting security updates - 9 years later (latest version as of now is 15.8.3 released end of July this year). The iPhone XS entered year 7 of mainline software support with iOS 18.

Sure, some phones only got 6 years of mainline software support, namely the iPhone 7 or iPhone X. They're all still receiving security updates though.

Google just now promised to more or less match that starting with the Pixel 8 series, but they didn't retroactively apply that policy to their previous devices. The Pixel 8 now has just shy of 6 years of mainline software support to go to fulfill Google's promise and we'll see how long they'll release security updates after that.