A Community Call: Extend Nothing Phone Updates

AzzamMuhammed · 2024-11-21T17:35:11+00:00

I just wanted to bring up something that’s important regarding software updates for Phone (1). A lot of us are still using it because it just works. It has e...

papaiaditya2002

Full Agree… Nothing need to give a solution…

sean (1)

vovan-v

And if Nothing extends support for phone (1) everyone will demand the same for all the other phones because there’s precedent.

Ealesy101

sean (1) - I echo your thoughts. It sets a dangerous precedent if they start extending.

I don’t pretend to know the ins and outs, but I am sure that Snapdragon only support the chips up to a certain Android build too. There is every chance these decisions are out of Nothing’s hands.

ElG0hary

AzzamMuhammed Agreed

Jay

well, we already getting 3 major and 4 year of security updates. I think that is enough. may be with phone 3 , we might get more of it. even samsung used to give 3 or 4 years of update. now only they extended it even pixel. plus it depends on hardware too. I think this is sufficient. even with 3 years update we can work it for 5 years or so. and hardware for phones is chosen after deciding how many updates brand wants to give. even if they decide to push 1 more major update, who will be responsible if phone starts to lag? people will complain this is lagging that is lagging. fix it etc etc. like I used my samsung j2 for 4 or 5 years and it only gave 1 major update.

Samarth97

Jay phone 1 is lagging now as well after November update performance is decreased drastically and stability as well and battery backup is ruined after Android 14 update on the device and not only mine almost everybody’s device battery backup is affected

Jay

Samarth97 I didnt really feel it coz, it varies from person to person. and its about every brand. camera and performance degrades after each uodate we all know. but I wonder what 1 more update would do to people? do people really keep one phone for 5 years? no they dont. at least most of them.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1179244/india-frequency-of-smartphone-upgrade/#:\~:text=As%20of%20April%202023%2C%20over,within%20the%20first%20six%20months.

it wont make any big difference. and stats speak up, not just me.

HSD

One more update wouldn’t hurt anyone!

Nothing001

I couldn’t agree more with this… you have a point there 👍

Alexshax

Theoretically, getting Android updates for three years is sufficient. After three years of use, it’s time to buy a new smartphone. However, there’s another point. Four months ago, I bought a brand new, sealed Nothing Phone (1) for $200. I’d like to upgrade not only to Android 15 but also to Android 16.))

Samarth97

Jay I use the phone for atleast 4 years so I would be happy if I get another Android update

Jay

Samarth97 I used a phone which costed me 7k and gave 1 major updated , I used it for 5 years. and also for updates we need to keep the price point. etc etc. even I’d be happy to get one more update but if we look at it as business. it will not make much sense for profit specially when brand is new. apple google gives 5+ now. most brand give 3 only.