The state of Android updates is still dire

Re:The state of Android updates is still dire by wldlyinaccurate on Sunday October 13, 2019 @06:58PM (#21243831)

I've owned a Nokia 6 Plus for the last year and I've been pleasantly surprised to receive the monthly security patches within a week of them being released. If I buy another Android device it will probably be a Nokia for this reason. My previous Samsung and OnePlus devices seemed to receive updates fairly sporadically for the first year, and then nothing after that.

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Re:The state of Android updates is still dire by phaseshifter on Sunday October 13, 2019 @07:10PM (#21243901)

I feel that Nokia has really filled the hole that the Nexus phones used to provide at the mid-range price point. When the only better alternative is from Google themselves (Pixel 3a) that is pretty impressive.

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Re:The state of Android updates is still dire by nextos on Sunday October 13, 2019 @07:54PM (#21244161)

Aren't Android One devices even better (including some Nokias)?

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Re:The state of Android updates is still dire by kevin_thibedeau on Monday October 14, 2019 @07:13PM (#21253879)

Most Nokia bootloaders are locked. Otherwise a great phone lineup.

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Re:The state of Android updates is still dire by ip26 on Sunday October 13, 2019 @11:10PM (#21244967)

I only hope they start supporting CDMA across more models, or Verizon finally axes CDMA. That's the rather large obstacle that has stopped me from getting a Nokia.

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Re:The state of Android updates is still dire by opencl on Sunday October 13, 2019 @11:45PM (#21245124)

You can already use phones without CDMA radios on Verizon, they're requiring all new phones to support VoLTE and axing the CDMA network entirely next year.

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Re:The state of Android updates is still dire by swanson on Sunday October 13, 2019 @09:12PM (#21244504)

Yup, good phone. Very happy with mine as well.

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