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  • Re: Who offers longest support, Android or iOS?

    From Tyrone@21:1/5 to Tom Elam on Sun Jun 1 14:26:56 2025
    On Jun 1, 2025 at 9:05:03 AM EDT, "Tom Elam" <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> wrote:

    Contrary to recent somewhat hilarious posts, it's iOS. And not by a
    small margin.

    "Apple’s commitment to supporting older devices goes deeper than you think"

    (Focus is on iPhone, but also applies to iPad.)

    https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/31/apples-commitment-to-supporting-older-devices/

    "Apple was previously untouchable in this field. If you wanted a phone
    that would last long (at least in terms of operating system updates), an iPhone would be the best option. Android manufacturers have recently
    begun matching Apple’s claims on more recent device launches."

    "Starting with the Pixel 8 launch, Google is now promising 7 years of software updates, including security patches and quarterly feature drops."

    (Note that this applies to the most recent Pixel phones only. Not
    Samsung etc. And, 7 years only matches long-time Apple support for all
    iOS devices.)

    "Older Android devices, such as ones launched around the same time as
    the iPhone XS and XR – still only get the typical 2-4 years of software updates."

    (Older Android devices had much more limited support, a factor in my
    personal shift to iOS.)

    "A lot of people don’t talk about this, but even after Apple stops supporting your device with mainline iOS after 7 years or so, security updates keep on coming."

    "iPhone 6s, iPhone 7, iPhone SE (1st generation), iPad Air 2, iPad mini
    4, and iPod touch 7 are all devices that didn’t receive 2022’s iOS 16 release. You know what they did receive though? iOS 15.8.4, released on
    March 31st of this year. There were also numerous security updates prior
    to that, but that’s the most recent one."

    (That is up to 10 years support. iOS 16 also recently received a similar security update.)

    I'm not going to argue Mac versus Windows here. Microsoft's Windows 10
    fiasco has dinged their reputation.

    All true. I have a couple Touch 7s and an iPad Air 2. The Air 2 was released in October 2014. Still works fine. A bit slow of course, but no problems.

    I also have a iPhone 8 Plus which just received an update in March. The 8
    Plus was released in September 2017. Almost 8 years old, still getting updates AND has 99% battery capacity.

    Cue Arlen with more of his absurd lies.

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  • From Tyrone@21:1/5 to Tom Elam on Thu Jun 12 00:09:45 2025
    On Jun 11, 2025 at 6:34:54 PM EDT, "Tom Elam" <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 6/1/2025 10:26 AM, Tyrone wrote:
    On Jun 1, 2025 at 9:05:03 AM EDT, "Tom Elam" <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> wrote:

    Contrary to recent somewhat hilarious posts, it's iOS. And not by a
    small margin.

    "Apple’s commitment to supporting older devices goes deeper than you think"

    (Focus is on iPhone, but also applies to iPad.)

    https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/31/apples-commitment-to-supporting-older-devices/

    "Apple was previously untouchable in this field. If you wanted a phone
    that would last long (at least in terms of operating system updates), an >>> iPhone would be the best option. Android manufacturers have recently
    begun matching Apple’s claims on more recent device launches."

    "Starting with the Pixel 8 launch, Google is now promising 7 years of
    software updates, including security patches and quarterly feature drops." >>>
    (Note that this applies to the most recent Pixel phones only. Not
    Samsung etc. And, 7 years only matches long-time Apple support for all
    iOS devices.)

    "Older Android devices, such as ones launched around the same time as
    the iPhone XS and XR – still only get the typical 2-4 years of software >>> updates."

    (Older Android devices had much more limited support, a factor in my
    personal shift to iOS.)

    "A lot of people don’t talk about this, but even after Apple stops
    supporting your device with mainline iOS after 7 years or so, security
    updates keep on coming."

    "iPhone 6s, iPhone 7, iPhone SE (1st generation), iPad Air 2, iPad mini
    4, and iPod touch 7 are all devices that didn’t receive 2022’s iOS 16 >>> release. You know what they did receive though? iOS 15.8.4, released on
    March 31st of this year. There were also numerous security updates prior >>> to that, but that’s the most recent one."

    (That is up to 10 years support. iOS 16 also recently received a similar >>> security update.)

    I'm not going to argue Mac versus Windows here. Microsoft's Windows 10
    fiasco has dinged their reputation.

    All true. I have a couple Touch 7s and an iPad Air 2. The Air 2 was released
    in October 2014. Still works fine. A bit slow of course, but no problems. >>
    I also have a iPhone 8 Plus which just received an update in March. The 8 >> Plus was released in September 2017. Almost 8 years old, still getting updates
    AND has 99% battery capacity.

    Cue Arlen with more of his absurd lies.

    Did we notice that the Marion persona did not reply? Yes

    Because - like he always says - Apple Trolls can't deal with facts.

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