Samsung phones now come backed with seven years' worth of security updates and seven generations of OS upgrades.
  • @[email protected]English
    5•5 months ago

    Is this for s24 only or will this also apply for a few older models?

    This is a big improvement for me and was a major reason I never got an Android. Now let’s just see if they don’t overload the phones with bloat.

    I think the pixel is interesting, but it seems their hardware is not always built very well. It’s also not available in my country, so I’d have to import it.

    • @[email protected]English
      3•5 months ago

      Samsung and bloat are synonymous, they just can’t help it but to ruin good hardware.

      • Chemical WonkaEnglish
        2•5 months ago

        don’t forget the spyware that they embed in all their smartphones

        • @[email protected]English
          2•5 months ago

          I guess the thing that I really like about Samsung is their dex mode. I’d love to have a phone/desktop combo.

          If pixel ever did that, I’d pick one up pretty quickly.

          Or even iPhone, I just don’t want to need a computer and phone when the phone is more than powerful enough for my usage.

          • Chemical WonkaEnglish
            2•5 months ago

            I totally agree with you, unfortunately my Pixel device with GrapheneOS doesn’t have anything similar to Dex mode :(

            • @[email protected]English
              1•5 months ago

              I honestly think the market is waiting on Apple to do it.

              I think they have been reluctant to have a full desktop mode as most users will not understand why they need the App Store on a “desktop”.

              Now that side loading is being forced on them, I hope they bring this to the phones which will kickstart phones as computers.

              Anyway, my iPhone 15 will be the last phone I have that doesn’t have a desktop mode. I’ll hold out for a long time.