Qualcomm will offer OEMs the “ability to provide support for up to eight consecutive years of Android software and security updates.”
Qualcomm will offer OEMs the “ability to provide support for up to eight consecutive years of Android software and security updates.”
Also as a result, that opens up Apple’s discounting strategy where it sells the one-year-old model as a discounted model. If an Apple model can get updates 6 years after release, then buying an 18-month old model (but as a new phone) still assures you of 4.5 years of updates.