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winterbird t1_ja2gas8 wrote

Reply to comment by RickestRickSea137 in Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone | Nokia by br_shadow

Exactly, this is the issue. My last phone had absolutely nothing wrong with it. Except that there came a point that there were no further updates for it, and apps were pulling themselves from its last point of update. It became a brick by smartphone standards. I could call, text, and use the browser. But no other apps. When I tried to open them I'd get a message my phone isn't supported anymore. It had been 5-6 years since the phone was released at that point. I take care of my stuff, it still looked new and nothing was broken on it.

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RickestRickSea137 t1_ja2ta8w wrote

Same here.. 5 yo Samsung Android phone, they decided to stop OS updates for it right around the time 2 bad CVE's hit the news.

Perfectly functional, nothing broken or even scratched phone rendered useless.

Fuck you Samsung, never again.

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ryanfromtheyard t1_ja2vdry wrote

I am just starting to look at this issue, who is better? Seems like the pixel phones have a longer OS support timeliness but not great..? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Pixel

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ToddRossDIY t1_ja3ejiq wrote

Apple is seriously the only option I think at this point. After my last flagship android phone made by Motorola (owned by Google at the time) stopped getting security updates after barely 2 years, I got an iPhone and never looked back. I was adamantly against apple products for the decade prior that I’ve owned a smartphone, but they’re the only ones taking software updates seriously

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norabutfitter t1_ja3ipvs wrote

My iphone 8 that was my first ever smartphone still has support

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