In the United Kingdom, authorities are asking smartphone manufacturers to commit to supporting their devices with security updates. The opportunity for our colleaguesd’Android Authorityto make a rather surprising discovery.
A comparison to qualify
It turns out that the Cupertino company has committed to five years of updating for its latest modelsd’iPhone 15. This deadline started in September 2023. With this timing, the Apple brand is doing less well than Samsung and Google who promise updates to the Android system on their various devices for seven years.
Before drawing definitive conclusions on this subject, it is appropriate to qualify this observation as9to5Mac. Indeed, if Apple displays a five-year horizon in its declarations, in reality, it provides security updates for much longer. It even regularly happens that this delay is longer than for Android devices.
Moreover, the trend is increasing on the latest versions of iOS for machines which are supported for longer and longer. We think of iOS 15, which last March offered a security update compatible with iPhone 6s, smartphones that are already nine years old.
This is also what Apple customers are asking for who want to keep their phones longer and appreciate this lasting support. To go further on this subject, we invite you toreread our old articlewhich establishes an instructive comparison here.
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