The support period for an iPhone is at least 3 years of regular patches and feature updates. Most Android phones on the market will have a 'support period' of 12 months if you're lucky. My point is that the roll-out of updates to Android is unacceptably poor and inconsistent and relies on optimism on the part of the user.

The use of the word hopelessly was probably unnecessarily dramatic I agree but I'll leave it there so your comment makes sense.