No one would argue that Android is not an operating system that has received updates for years. Often, users have access to the current version of the software for literally a year or two and that's it. If they also buy last year's model, they generally lose the pleasure of installing a new firmware and studying it like you have a new phone. There are iron reasons for this and they derive largely from the advantages Android. Now let's try to imagine what it would be like if Android – smartphones received updates for as long as devices from Apple.
Whatever one may say, but these smartphones will always have something to share among themselves.
Why is iOS better than Android
I must admit that for many smartphone models, the statement that they do not receive updates for a long time does not sound entirely correct. They were able to set up the update process, but the overall picture looks exactly as mentioned above.
This week Apple officially confirmed that this year's version iOS number 14 will appear on every iPhone starting with iPhone 6S, including iPhone SE first generation. This phone was released in September 2015, which is almost five years ago. This is a long time ago by the standards of the mobile industry. Back then, Barack Obama was still the President of the United States, Rick Grimes did not drop out of The Walking Dead series, and I had not even thought about coming to the editorial office Android Insider.ru.
It's scary to think, but all this time there was a phone that will receive a firmware update this fall. So until the fall of 2021, it will be considered relevant.
Meanwhile, the Samsung Galaxy S6 became the flagship Android – devices of 2015. The most recent official version Android the phone received was Android 7 Nougat released in 2016. So it also had to wait, since the smartphone did not immediately receive it.
How long does it take to update smartphones to Android
Imagine for a second if this year Samsung announced that the Galaxy S6 will update to Android 11. Sounds like a fantasy, but for Apple in recent years it's a common thing, because it always for a long time releasing updates, but often they slowed down old devices. Now she changed her mind after being charged for this, and began to release better updates. The old technique works great with them. Of course, not as good as on the original firmware, but the hardware is already outdated, but you can still use the phone comfortably. Especially if you haven't seen how the update works on new products.
This smartphone will never receive up-to-date OC
I have already said that the reason for the short update is, and it is all in the same fragmentation, which is the Achilles' heel Android. It's very difficult to optimize it for the hundreds of devices that run it, but Nokia and OnePlus somehow achieve it. They may not be up to iOS, but in general it is possible.
What's new in iOS 14
You will say that there will not be something in iOS 14 that we have not seen in smartphones on Android in all these years, and you will be partly right. I'm talking about things like home screen widgets, picture-in-picture mode, automatically organized app folders, and the ability to change default apps. In fact, the same Samsung Galaxy S6 in one form or another had a lot of 'new' features iPhone at launch.
But iOS 14 also introduces new privacy protections, enhanced messaging features, new camera capabilities, and more. Even if many of the features are long overdue, those who bought iPhone already five years ago will also get them. Meanwhile, even if you buy a phone worth over $ 100,000 from Samsung, the world's largest smartphone maker, you're only guaranteed two years of updates. So so top level.
This smartphone costs more than 100,000 rubles, but will receive updates for a maximum of two years.
What is the best smartphone
Regardless of which side you are on, if you don't blindly claim that the best is only what you use, you understand the pros and cons of your platform and the competing platform. If there is not that rabidness in proving that free applications from Google Play with ads that cannot be used, or the inability to copy photos without a special program with iPhone, this is good, then you understand everything.
Based on the above about Nokia and OnePlus, there is only one thing I can add. The only thing that prevents Samsung, Xiaomi, LG, Huawei and even Google from releasing updates for a longer time, is the lack of desire.
Google, in particular, has no excuse for not continuing to update the original Google Pixel for at least another year. If Apple could yield iOS 14 iPhone 6S, then the original Pixel could easily be upgraded to Android 11 or even Android 12 if we are doing a direct comparison.
And now I will give a list of phones that would receive Android 11 if their manufacturers treated their customers the same way as Apple. That is, using the example iPhone 6S. If you use one of them, remember how long ago you stopped receiving updates.
Smartphones that were released later or at the same time with iPhone 6S, but unlike it, will not receive a software update:
- Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, and S6 Edge Plus
- Google Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X
- Google Pixel and Pixel XL
- Samsung Galaxy Note 5
- Xiaomi Mi Note Pro
- Sony Xperia Z5, Z5 Premium, and Z5 Compact
- Motorola Moto G
- LG G4, G5, and G6
- Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge
- HTC 10
- LG V10, V20, V30, and V40 ThinQ
- OnePlus 2, 3, 3T, 5, and 5T
- Moto z2 force
- Razer Phone and Razer Phone 2
- Samsung Galaxy Note 8
- Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus
- Redmi Note 4
- Motorola Moto X4