New cheap Samsung phones with much longer support

Apple provides at least 5 years of support, Samsung and Google provide 7 years of support for their phones, but not for all. This privilege is more or less reserved for premium phones. 1000 euros and more to buy a phone is not exactly a small amount. Most phones are sold in lower classes, where the average support period is around 2 years. The speed of receiving these updates is also an issue. Google phones are understandably the first to get access to new Android systems, but for other phones it depends on the manufacturer. The situation has improved recently and owners of Samsung, Xiaomi and Honor phones are getting new updates very quickly.

Updating an Android phone to a new operating system or security patch requires a lot of resources and testing. However, changes are expected at Samsung. The computer giant is also expected to provide extended support for its cheaper A-series smartphones. This will now amount to a long six years, or four years more than now. The first phone with extended support was the inexpensive Galaxy A16 5G.

Recently, Samsung has extended support for three new budget Galaxy smartphones. These are the Galaxy A56, Galaxy A36 and Galaxy A26. With this, Samsung has clearly indicated that extended Android support will become a regular feature for its smartphones. Of course, this will benefit their users the most.