Smartphones can now last 7 years. Here’s how to make them work.
Every smartphone has an expiration date. That day comes when the software updates stop coming and you start missing new apps and security measures. With most phones this happened after about three years.
But things are finally starting to change. The new number is seven.
I first noticed this shift when I tested Google's $700 Pixel 8 smartphone in October. Google told me it had committed to providing software updates for the phone for seven years, compared to three years for the previous Pixels, because it was the right thing to do.
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