That literally doesn’t make any sense. When Samsung announced it was going to 5 years it didn’t update all the stuff in the past. It’s a new thing starting with the new devices. They might give a little extension to devices still getting updates, but devices that already stopped getting updates are likely to have been upgraded from already and possibly harder to continue supporting.
Samsung was the leader. Google had to respond after years of being behind someone that doesn’t even work directly on the OS. Doesn’t stop Samsung being a leader if they change and go even farther.
Especially for the only model in their lineup you use with a pen. Can’t begin to tell you how often lines at the edge of the screen get fucked by the curve.
Definitely a failure on Microsoft’s part that will make anyone wary of trying the inevitable foldable and slab phones they’ll release. You don’t have to declare a Duo 3 is coming or anything right now, but you have to say that you’re supporting the device that came out less than 2 years ago.
Finally. This is my favorite side effect of the advent of foldables - more people seeing the big tablet landscape mode of apps, and thus the fact that so many apps are incompatible coming to light.
Samsung is actively considering to expand security updates beyond 5 years (www.sammobile.com)
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2136203 (!samsung)...
OnLeaks: Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra renders (twitter.com)
nitter.net/OnLeaks/status/1707726294480269751
Ice Universe: Guessing from the 79mm width and some other information, the S24 Ultra is likely to be a flat screen. (twitter.com)
nitter.net/UniverseIce/…/1693912895787347986
Microsoft won’t say if Surface Duo is getting any more Android OS releases (www.windowscentral.com)
Google says it will start downranking non-tablet apps in the Play Store (arstechnica.com)