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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by 2muchcoffeeman on Friday July 28, 2023 @08:16PM (#36915238)
Because it’s true?

The pixel 6a will get 3 years of updates and 5 years of security updates. On a phone that was released 12 months ago.

So it hasn’t been tested yet. Plenty of time for google to renege on that.

The Pixel 6a is at least a cheaper phone. But the Pixel 7 are flagship prices for the same support.

iPhones have been getting this level of updates since almost day one. The last iPhone I ran into the ground was a 6 and that had 5 years of OS updates. iOS 8 through 12.

My current XR has been getting updates for almost 5 years and will get iOS 17. So at least 6 years of updates?

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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by graeme on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:11PM (#36916113)
To add to this, Apple is still adding security patches for iOS 15. That reaches all the way back to the iPhone 6s, released in 2015, eight years ago.
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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by kingrazor on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:55PM (#36916364)
This is exactly why I own an iPhone. I don't even personally like apple as a company. I don't like Mac computers. There are things that really irritate me about iPhones, but I use them anyway because of how long they get updates for.
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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by mikae1 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @02:41AM (#36917564)
When I got my last pixels Google were giving 3 of security updates. I bought it one year after release. For an average consumer doing the same thing they would have had an unsecure doorstop after two years. I installed some ROM and kept it alive (still not as secure as using an iPhone, of course).
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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by sundvor on Saturday July 29, 2023 @03:23AM (#36917768)
My son's now 4 year old Samsung S10-5G (my old phone) is still getting updated. It is a flagship phone, the first with 5G - will be interesting to see how long they do it.

Google and Samsung appear to be on the same page; I think the front runners in the Android world are a lot better than some would like to give them credit for.

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