OnePlus isn't going to update its smartphones for 7 years like Google and Samsung and assures that it's pointless

Google and Samsung have raised the bar on support for their smartphones by extending the release date for operating system updates for their new flagship Pixel 8 and Galaxy S24 lines to 7 years. Will other companies follow suit?

Here's What We Know

We don't know about all companies, but OnePlus is not going to increase support for its smartphones to 7 years. Moreover, the company's representatives believe that it doesn't make sense. In an interview with Tom's Guide, OnePlus president Kinder Liu compared using a smartphone to a sandwich:

"Simply offering longer software update policies completely misses the point. It’s not just software update policies that are important to the user, it’s the fluency of your phone’s user experience too. Imagine your phone is a sandwich. Some manufacturers are now saying that the filling in their sandwich — their phone’s software — will still be good to eat in seven years’ time. But what they’re not telling you is that the bread in the sandwich — the user experience — might be moldy after four years. Suddenly a seven-year software update policy doesn’t matter, because the rest of your experience with the phone is terrible"

Simply put, years of software updates won't matter if you can't guarantee that the experience of using the device will be appropriate. Do you agree with that logic?

Thus, OnePlus is not going to increase the support period. For example, for its latest OnePlus Open and OnePlus 12, the manufacturer offers 4 years of major Android updates and 5 years of bi-monthly security updates.

Source: Tom's Guide