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Re:Apple will use 100 percent recycled cobalt in batteries b... by JaggerJo on Thursday April 13, 2023 @12:50PM (#35558354)
iPhone 6s (released September 2015) - ~ 8 years and going

Nexus 5X & Nexus 6P (released September 2015) - last update January 2019 [1] ~ 2.25 years Pixel & Pixel XL (released October 2016) - 2019 (can't find a good reference) ~ 3 years Pixel 2 (released October 2017) - December 2020 [2] ~ 3.3 years

[1]: https://9to5google.com/2018/11/07/nexus-6p-and-5x-final-guar... [2]: https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/10/05/pixel-2-and-2-xl-re...

My conclusion: an iPhone outlives (at least) 2+/3+ android phones

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Re:Apple will use 100 percent recycled cobalt in batteries b... by input_sh on Thursday April 13, 2023 @02:11PM (#35559645)
> Not as long as an iPhone, but more like 3-5 years.

Pixels starting from 6 -> 5 years.

Recent Samsungs -> 4 years.

Fairphone 2 (Dec 2015) -> lost support last month.

Things have improved since Nexus 5X, and even that one had a year longer support than your "max 2 years". I'm not saying it's better than an iPhone, I'm saying make a fair comparison.

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Re:Apple will use 100 percent recycled cobalt in batteries b... by theshrike79 on Thursday April 13, 2023 @03:16PM (#35560688)
Apple has a track record of supporting phones for half a decade.

Pixel 6 came out last year, the 5 year promise is still just a promise.

Samsung's 4 years isn't 4 years of major Android version updates. IIRC it was 2 years of Android updates + 2 years of security patches.

We'll see in 6 years whether the Nexus 6 can get the latest Android version. I'm pretty damn sure my iPhone 14 will still get updates in 2028.

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Re:Apple will use 100 percent recycled cobalt in batteries b... by JaggerJo on Thursday April 13, 2023 @06:04PM (#35562745)
Ok, nice to see this is improving for the big brand android phones.

A lot of people buy cheap $no-brand phones that probably don’t get (any) updates.

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