When we talk about the eternal battle between Samsung and Apple for dominance in the high-end segment, there has always been one aspect where the Cupertino natives have the upper hand: years of updates. In fact, this is one of the factors why many consumers continue to choose the iPhone over the Galaxy. However, this obvious drawback will become a thing of the past with the advent of Samsung Galaxy S24.
During the presentation of these terminals, the South Korean manufacturer surprised us with an announcement. Samsung Galaxy S24 will have updates for up to 7 years. So, after years of lagging behind in this regard, Samsung will finally be able to take on Apple.
Thus, with this offer, the Samsung Galaxy S24 will be able to upgrade to the next seven versions of Android. If Google doesn’t change their normal release schedule, they could reach Android 21.
Undoubtedly, we are waiting for a significant step from Samsung. The company has already demonstrated efforts in terms of support time, with devices preceding the Galaxy S24 boasting 4 years of operating system updates and 5 years of security. Thus, they almost doubled the first figure, which is important.
Now this move is not just about competing with Apple in an area where they felt invincible. The truth is that Consumers no longer change their smartphones as often as before. Because? The margin for innovation declines significantly from generation to generation, so paying a large sum of money for a product that, frankly, doesn’t improve much on previous ones becomes less and less attractive.
Hence, Users have demanded that their terminals receive several more years of operating system updates. Otherwise, they are left behind when it comes to software development.
The thing that undoubtedly helped Samsung push this offering with the Galaxy S24 is the processor. He Snapdragon 8 3rd generation Qualcomm has plenty of performance, and if you think about the future, it is certainly capable of supporting new features that Android will introduce in the coming years. There was no longer a good enough excuse not to offer a longer update period.
Of course, we’ll have to see if Samsung can deliver on such an interesting promise. One thing is clear: if there were people who did not want to buy the Galaxy S24 due to the release of updates, this news will convince them 100%. We hope that other Android smartphone manufacturers will follow this example. Once this is normalized across the sector, the biggest beneficiaries will be consumers.
Source: Hiper Textual
I’m Ben Stock, a highly experienced and passionate journalist with a career in the news industry spanning more than 10 years. I specialize in writing content for websites, including researching and interviewing sources to produce engaging articles. My current role is as an author at Gadget Onus, where I mainly cover the mobile section.
