Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013)

Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by theshrike79 on Monday November 07, 2022 @01:01AM (#33501762)

Also the SE will get 4-6 years of official OS updates.

The $300 Android is lucky to get 1, maybe a few critical security patches after that and then it's abandoned.

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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by jvolkman on Monday November 07, 2022 @01:55AM (#33502092)

The Pixel 6a has been on sale for $300 and gets 3 years of OS updates and an additional 2 years of security patches.

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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by theshrike79 on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:43AM (#33502472)

Google has promised it gets 3+2 years. We'll see in 2025 how that actually panned out.

Meanwhile my mom is on her second iPhone, the first one lasted for 6 years with OS updates, the current one (SE2020) will most likely get updates until 2025. Two phones in about a decade isn't too bad IMO.

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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by uni_rule on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:03PM (#33510591)

My Pixel 3a held the promise. It got versions 9 to 12 from 2019 to this September before I traded it in for a 6a 2/3 off the MSRP.

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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by pjmlp on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:31AM (#33502382)

While true, most people in Europe that buy phones for pre-paid card don't care.

I have seen people disable updates, because they change how the apps look like, and devices are anyway mostly space constrained.

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