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Because 7 years from now, my iPhone will still have the latest OS and security updates. I also have the budget iPhone 16e. I also haven't broken a phone since I

Because 7 years from now, my iPhone will still have the latest OS and security updates. I also have the budget iPhone 16e. I also haven't broken a phone since I was 16. Not like cheap androids that are often abandonware by the device maker before they even hit the shelves. It sucks. I wish that would change, but that is what made me switch from Android to iPhone after 12 years on Android. At the time, even flagship androids were lucky to get 2 years of OS updates and security fixes. Apparently Google and Samsung are going to support their devices longer, but I'll wait till they have a track record. But ultimately, an iPhone for me does come out cheaper over the lifetime of a device than cycling through cheap androids every 2 years.

oblio 7d ago
In Europe that's the law. 7 years of security updates.
- rafram 7d ago
  You can (and manufacturers do) release security updates for past major-version releases without backporting features.
  - oblio 7d ago
    At least for Android that's not a big deal as most of the system lives in independent applications.
JAlexoid 7d ago
I had to upgrade my 2021 iPad 9gen to a newer model to actually make is reasonably usable. So I am not sure about recent track record for Apple. My 2021 Pixel 6 works well for my mother and is getting updates.
- tcmart14 7d ago
  Thats your experience. I've had the complete opposite. A 4 year old iPhone that still felt as snappy as it did the day I broke it out of the box. Never had an android that felt like that after 6 months. And Apple have generations of devices that have gotten a full 7 years of support. We still havn't seen a generation of Android do that since Google changed their policy. I sincerely hope it does happen. Competition is better. But here is a site with some EOL info on Pixel. Pixel 6 support looks like it ends in 3 weeks with a grand total of about 5 years of support. https://endoflife.date/pixel https://endoflife.date/pixel Compare this with the iPhone 11 that came out in 2019 that will be able to run iOS27 (comes out next week) and the Pixel 6 that came out in 2021. And the original point was, "why iPhone over cheap android $200." Pixel 6 was a flagship phone with a launch price of $599. You could have gotten an iPhone 13 mini (release in 2021) and for an extra hundred bucks, been supported until at least 2028.
  - JAlexoid 7d ago
    Starting Pixel 8(including 8a) the support window is 7y for those devices.
    - tcmart14 6d ago
      Yes I know that. But you were saying track record. That's a 3 year old device. Let's not say they have a track record until they take a device cradle to grave in 8 years. A lot can happen in the next 4-5 years. Then you claimed Apple doesn't have a track record and they have taken a device, claimed 7 years and actually done 7 years cradle to grave.

oblio 7d ago

In Europe that's the law. 7 years of security updates.

rafram 7d ago
You can (and manufacturers do) release security updates for past major-version releases without backporting features.
- oblio 7d ago
  At least for Android that's not a big deal as most of the system lives in independent applications.

JAlexoid 7d ago

I had to upgrade my 2021 iPad 9gen to a newer model to actually make is reasonably usable. So I am not sure about recent track record for Apple. My 2021 Pixel 6 works well for my mother and is getting updates.

tcmart14 7d ago
Thats your experience. I've had the complete opposite. A 4 year old iPhone that still felt as snappy as it did the day I broke it out of the box. Never had an android that felt like that after 6 months. And Apple have generations of devices that have gotten a full 7 years of support. We still havn't seen a generation of Android do that since Google changed their policy. I sincerely hope it does happen. Competition is better. But here is a site with some EOL info on Pixel. Pixel 6 support looks like it ends in 3 weeks with a grand total of about 5 years of support. https://endoflife.date/pixel https://endoflife.date/pixel Compare this with the iPhone 11 that came out in 2019 that will be able to run iOS27 (comes out next week) and the Pixel 6 that came out in 2021. And the original point was, "why iPhone over cheap android $200." Pixel 6 was a flagship phone with a launch price of $599. You could have gotten an iPhone 13 mini (release in 2021) and for an extra hundred bucks, been supported until at least 2028.
- JAlexoid 7d ago
  Starting Pixel 8(including 8a) the support window is 7y for those devices.
  - tcmart14 6d ago
    Yes I know that. But you were saying track record. That's a 3 year old device. Let's not say they have a track record until they take a device cradle to grave in 8 years. A lot can happen in the next 4-5 years. Then you claimed Apple doesn't have a track record and they have taken a device, claimed 7 years and actually done 7 years cradle to grave.