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Originally Posted by Russ
I'm not sure I see the problem here, this sort of thing has been going on for years albeit a bit more regularly nowadays with phone tech becoming more sophisticated. Nokia used to do it back in the day, Microsoft dropped support for XP and Vista etc etc.
Granted Apple tech is usually more expensive (which is a different subject) but if you bought an iPhone 5 at full price when new and are still using it today 4 years on then that's pretty much money well spent surely.
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It is. I think you actually get what you pay for. With Apple, you do pay a lot, but you get updates for years. With the higher priced Android phones (such as Samsung), you don't pay as much as Apple, but you still pay a lot, and get updates for years. With the lower priced Android phones, you pay very little and might, if you are lucky, get one update. With Android, you've also got the problem that although Samsung, Hwaiwei, LG or whoever may still be providing updates, your phone network may stop providing them to you. With Apple, you do not have this problem.
What gets me is that when Android providers stop updating a device, no one seems to mention it (even the high priced ones), but when Apple stopes updating a device, people start saying it's a reason not to buy any Apple devices.