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Subject: My Samsung Galaxy A32 5G is still being updated even though it came out in January 2021
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 08:56:50 -0000 (UTC)
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Bearing in mind that Android updates in discrete layers; not as a monolith.
 <https://source.android.com/static/docs/core/architecture/images/modular_system_components_arch.png>

Today I received yet another update which updated my Galaxy A32-5G to
 *Security Patch Level: May 1, 2024*
 <https://i.postimg.cc/dtjXVrTY/update.jpg>

History:
The US Samsung Galaxy A32-5G debuted in January of 2021.

I received a handful for free in April of 2021 one of which is the one I
use most, which was twice replaced for free as I mess with phones a lot.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/YC1B906F/tmopromo01.jpg>

It came with Android 11 but it was updated to 12 and then to Android 13.
I'm not sure if it's updatable to Android 14 though (how would I know?).

As with all Androids on version 10+ on the net, it's also updated monthly
over the Google Play system update feature (previously called Project
Mainline); but that only updates the ~25 core modules in Android 13 that
are updated in Project Mainline.
<https://source.android.com/docs/core/ota/modular-system>

What kills most of my older phones was the battery, but this five amp hour
battery is going so strongly that I don't bother to charge it except when
it's needed (as it goes a couple of days easily without needing charging).

The phone only came with 64GB but with the SD card, it's basically
unlimited (where I store anything I add to the phone on the sd card).

If you received a phone around 3 years ago, how well is it doing for you?