Sony Xperia smartphones look so good on paper. So why is it that we don’t recommend them? Here’s our answer to that and a brief 2023 review of the Sony Xperia 1 IV.
Sony Xperia smartphones look so good on paper. So why is it that we don’t recommend them? Here’s our answer to that and a brief 2023 review of the Sony Xperia 1 IV.
2 Years of updates was my reason. Samsung is up to 7,Apple is about 5 or 6 and Google is 7 years.
Note this is based off of my memory so I could be wrong.
Have Samsung & Google actually delivered 7 years yet - or is that still just a promise on paper to continue supporting existing products?
Apple for all its faults has at least delivered on this premise.
Google and Samsung both have a track record of delivering updates even past the promised date so far.
iPhone 6s (2015) received a security update this month, they have delivered indeed
Samsung made that promise last year and limited to the higher-end lineups, I believe.
Google still update their pixel 6 phones from years ago (not sure about the pixel 5 or below).
Apple is a complete different story since they owned the entire ecosystems and keeps making money from the devices being in use.
Pixel 6 came only came out near the end of 2021, I would hope all companies support phones for more than 3 years, but maybe I’m too optimistic.
A15 is probably the last major update for P6P.
Not sure about security patches though, which are arguably more important.
Also there’s always custom roms for Pixel phones.
Apple supports phones 7+ years and basically has always had the longest support of all the OEMs
IPhone 6s received updates in the past year and it’s from 2015
If you swap it out for Lineage problem solved. I agree & strongly recommend against using a stock Sony ROM. It kind of defeats the point of buying one.
Fairphone is minimum 8 years.
Who the fuck keeps (and uses) a phone for 8 years?
It would be more realistic if they made batteries easily swappable. If I could just pop off the back of the phone and swap a battery in 20 seconds I’d keep that phone forever.
Back in my day, you don’t need 20 seconds to replace a battery. And battery is not just replaceable, but also interchangeable. Multiple phone models could be using the same battery, making it cheaper and more available.
We’ll see how that comment ages once apps need more horse power because the apps are yet again peogrammed as a glorified browser window
Me.
Honestly, who doesn’t? And, importantly, what does the demographic of one-year phone people tell us?
People who prefer to not release toxic waste for no good reason?
5 years and still going strong. Not planning to replace any time soon.