[hamaluik]

I fall exactly here.. I used Android for a long time, until I got tired of my phone becoming non-functional after just a year or two. Switched to iPhones, and now they’re lasting 4+ years. I miss the flexibility of Android and iOS is full of bugs and design-based papercuts, yet it still manages to beat Android in just about all the areas that truly matter to me.

[rjh29]

What do you mean by non-functional? The phone still works even if you don't get Android updates, but presumably there are some negative effects?

[whynaut]

not having security updates is a big deal, but apps also target minimum OS versions, and oftentimes the “minimum” is a year-old OS

[rthomas6]

You might want to check out Pixel phones. I'm still rocking a Pixel 2 and it still works great.

[ssizn]

It hasn’t received updates, not even security updates, for years. It’s unacceptable for me to use a phone that doesn’t have security updates. On the other hand the other day Apple released a security update for the iPhone 5s, released in 2013.