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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by limerod@reddthat.com to c/android@lemdro.id

Samsung might copy Google and increase update support to seven years starting with the Galaxy S24 series, according to reliable sources this weekend. Further promo images have also been leaked, advertising some camera and AI features, whereas the latter might cost extra down the road.

Outside of AI, 7 Years of updates sounds awesome. It would be a welcome change matching Google in updates. Other manufacturers should take note or be left in the dust.

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[-] SaintWacko@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

I'm tempted by the S24 just because it's smaller, bit I've gotten so used to the special features on my Pixel phones...

[-] 13617@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I want an unlockable bootloader :((

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Such as? Aside from flashing roms (admittedly very big) what benefits do you find over a Samsung?

[-] SaintWacko@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

Now Playing, Call Screening, Hold for Me, Direct my Call, copying text from the app switcher, the amazing camera and Night Sight

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I'll need to look up what some of these are.

[-] jacktherippah@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Fuck Samsung and their bootloader unlock BS

Can someone else beat them with 10 years of support now? pretty plz ty

[-] limerod@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It appears to be 7 years of security updates and not OS updates. Nice but not, Google level nice.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-Galaxy-S24-series-Recent-reports-of-seven-major-OS-upgrades-may-have-been-misleading.793052.0.html

Edit: The article was wrong. It's 7 years of OS updates and security patches.

[-] vamp07@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

As with everything Samsung tends to do I’ll bet the AI stuff is half baked. 

[-] Louisoix@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

AI subscription is definitely something I'm looking forward to, gotta be my next phone 100% just because of that! Edit: didn't think that /s was really that necessary

[-] vamp07@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Until you realize that their implementation of AI, whatever that means, in their case is mediocre, and nothing more than a marketing term. 

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de -5 points 1 year ago

Still more a tracking device than an OS. Samsung is literally malware.

[-] 13617@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Why is this down voted lol they're completely right.

Note for Samsung users, change your keyboard back to Samsung keyboard for a second and check the clipboard. That's right! It saves everything you've copied, regardless of if it was the active keyboard.

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