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Samsung’s making me lose faith in its software update policy
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Bliksis
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What is the issue with few updates? How has this affected the average user's daily experience?
FiestaST
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I've read the article to see if it's more than just written for clicks.
It's just the tip more than that.
It's just the tip more than that.
Dolby
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Lucky you don’t have one.
Lucky yes
It doesn’t happen automagically overnight?
Harmonic
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I have to click a notification (that doesn't go away) each time
Samsung and Android updates still suck. You buy a flagship $1300 S24 Ultra and will only get Android 15 in May after 9 months just in time for the Android 16 release.
RedViking
Nord of the South
But haven't you switch to apple? Do you struggle to let go?
Adenoid Hynkel
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It's not android. It's Samsung, or your carrier if it's a carrier specific branded device.
Pixels get an update every month.
Samsung is Android. Pixels don’t sell in any meaningful numbers.
Adenoid Hynkel
Executive Member
Samsung uses android.
I’m not sure what sales numbers have to do with update frequency? Blaming Android for Samsungs/carrier update schedule isn’t quite accurate.
Monthly updates are pushed by Google.
Android Security Bulletins | Android Open Source Project
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It popped up on my Google discovery feed
killerbyte
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My S22U got the security updates every month. As does my fiancee's S24+ and I am expecting the Feb security update on my S25 Ultra soon.
Bliksis
Honorary Master
He's talking about OS upgrades. I'm not sure why that's such a sore point for him.
naughty001
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the way i look at it is ..... if it aint broke then why would you want to try and fix it
with my Poco F1 i was getting lots and lots of updates for a while - and as the settings changed and the phone started doing more things, then the battery life went tits up, and the phone only continued working decently well once i stopped receiving updates, So IMHO you should only seriously bother with one or two updates since a phone is designed with the android version that was current when they started on it - it soon becomes apparent that the hardware (ram, storage, CPU and GPU mainly) will eventually struggle if you continue going to newer and newer updates - and IMHO if you want the newer android versions you are better off buying a new phone
my feeling on this is going to be twofold with all this newfangled AI nonsense that they are adding to phones - because while it is nonsense now it will soon start offering more powerful and useful things that people will come to rely upon and most phones just wont be capable of handling the resources required for all the new software ..... so all these promises of 6 or 7 years of updates guaranteed are just going to land up being a load of hot air ...... after a while with most phones its just going to be an updated launcher/interface that they will be giving you because your phone just wont be strong enough for most of the newer features that the latest software will offer