So my iPhone X from 2017 would no longer be getting updates? No thanks, my iPhone X still runs great and still gets regular updates.And Samsung flagships now are getting 3 years of OS upgrades and 4th year of security updates. So I think that's pretty good and matches many people's upgrade cycleI mean we can joke about Android updates, and although that's still valid for other OEMs, I think we should also admit that Samsung is doing better.
Good to hear. I am actually surprised, given Samsung's market share in Android phones, that they have not ditched Android and developed one UI in to a full on operating system. That would give us Samsung, Android, iOS. Pretty cool if that were to happen.
The Galaxy S8, from April 2017, got it's (presumably) last update in Nov 2021. So a little more than 4.5 years of updates.
Yeah I get the joke too, but unfortunately is isn't true. Most Samsung phones mid and flagship get 3 years of os updates and up to 4 years of monthly security updates now. So funny haha, 5 years ago.I understand your joke, but seeing iPhone users here upgrading their iPhones on a yearly basis anyway, does it matter in context of people here?
Samsung tried with Tizen, and it didn't go anywhere. In the end, Android wins due to GMS and the apps. Look at Huawei and its Harmony OS, they went nowhere without GMS and apps. At this point, there's no way a third platform can succeed since the app ecosystem for the existing two (iOS and Android) are too huge already. Heck, Microsoft tried with Windows Phone way back when things were still in their infancy, and they failed.
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I stopped getting excited about phones several years ago. This is why I'm still using an XS Max and a Note 10+ and a S10+. I may get a new phone sometime in the next year though.
Maybe you should check a newer generation Samsung phone (something from the last 3 years).
I don't really think Apple is doing better at all. The S21U had on average more than 1 update per month and it got a stable OneUI 4.0 , Android 12 release with few problems. Fewer than Apple and especially Google's A12 on Pixel 6 series.
Well if you understand the modularity of Android yes it would still get updates, just not updates from the OEM that made the phone. In terms of usability not much would change really.
But I think Samsung has such a large market share and fairly loyal base, and their hardware is some of the best on any platform, they could definitely slowly roll out more and more of their owns apps, and work with developers to develop apps that work on their own software, then they can develop an App Store.
Doing that cost a lot of money. Again, Samsung tried and they gave up. They would rather work closer with Google (eg WearOS) than trying to go against Google.
