Well if we were to go with early, mid and late, as Apple does with their computers then that would be 4 months each. So "early"would be until the end or April. May to the end of August would be "mid".It's early 22 until the last day of June
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Samsung Now Offers Self-Repair Options for Galaxy Devices in Partnership With iFixit
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Depends what you mean by support. Back when I had a 4s it worked fantastic on iOS7 and then I “upgraded” to iOS8 and it became almost unusable so I would have preferred Apple not pushing the “upgrade“ on me.
Huh? Apple announced theirs first in great detail and Samsung copied it. Apple said it would be released early 2022.
The article states, “Samsung plans to launch its initiative in the summer, and additional devices will be supported over time.”
Early 2022 is the first half and late represents the second half. Just like early tomorrow could be anywhere from 12:00 am to 11:59 am The moment time transitions to the second half is called noon.
It doesn’t exist as an equal but separate period of time. Companies work in quarters. When they are uncertain they a vague and tend to stretch the time over longer periods.
Good that Samsung is also offering self repair. But want to see the option expand outside the US.
You stated that phones experience a "huge drop in utility, which occurs when OS updates are no longer available" which is simply untrue for a majority of users. Apple's own data suggests that far less than half of all users with devices over 4 years old are on the latest OS. Even for iPads less than 4 years old, barely half are on the latest OS. While denizens of message boards often pipe on about how important OS updates are, the average user really doesn't care that much as long as they can still play their games, watch their shows, do their social media, and email. That's a far different demographic from those who use their phones and tablets as computer replacements.
Yes, Apple provides much longer timeframe for software updates than Samsung or, really, ANY android-based manufacturer, including Google themselves. And while OS updates are good in theory, it's not as big of an impact on how they use their devices as you suggest. And if you poll the average person on the street, I would bet you money that a majority would say that security updates are probably important, but that they could live without them as long as the phone works.
I’ll concede that could very well be the case. I am admittedly (and unsurprisingly, given the forum) biased towards iOS.
I am a little hesitant to say that Apple’s extended OS support isn’t valuable just because the average person isn’t overly concerned with receiving security updates. Given that by definition the result of security updates working is that nothing happens, assessing its utility valuation to lay people isn’t a great choice. Same reason we have laws to require car insurance. Left up to the average person, many would think it’s not necessary and be thrilled to save the money by forgoing coverage. That doesn’t mean car insurance doesn’t have value.
This is extremely cool. Android devices can’t really compete anywhere other than price now. But this would make them more attractive even to me, a person who loves Apple’s devices
This is an announcement for late summer copying Apple’s announcement for early 2022 which can refer to the first half. Samsung’s is not released either.
Samsung is copying the announcement and targeting a summer release no specific date so it could be September 21st and still meet that deadline.
Apple users aren’t plagued with an overwhelming degree of malware that is worse than the days of Windows XP like Android users. Unfortunately, Android users have no idea because while Google is quick to announce software exploits against Apple, they are much quieter about their issues. I guess it helps that they control search and can dampen the impact of any articles not friendly to them.
Last I checked, jailbreaking an android phone still won’t let me access the myriad of iOS-only apps such as fantastical, overcast, Tweetbot and Apollo.
First question what about the tools, that means we have to buy tools from iFixit and Samsung screens are very expensive if a customer does any mistake while repairing it would be a huge cost. The basic battery swap is not supported.
For me, this program looks utter fail. what I would suggest is to order the part and go to a local phone repair store to use their expertise to fix it at the same price as buying repair tools.
For me, this program looks utter fail. what I would suggest is to order the part and go to a local phone repair store to use their expertise to fix it at the same price as buying repair tools.