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From: badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android,uk.telecom.mobile
Subject: Re: UK forced Apple's hand: Samsung & Google fully support
 for (at least) 7 years while Apple only fully supports for (at least)
 5 years
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 00:58:03 -0000 (UTC)
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Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:
> Apple has the worst (by far) bugfix support in the entire industry.
> 
>  *Apple promises at least 5 years of iPhone security updates, but Samsung
> and Google offer longer support for Android updates*
>  <https://www.idownloadblog.com/2024/06/06/apple-iphone-updates-support-timeframe-united-kingdom/>
> 
>

In your opinion what is a reasonable amount of time for a manufacturer to
support a device’s hardware and software? When should they divert those
resources of money, time, engineers, research to newer devices? 5, 7, 10,
20 years?