Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge stop receiving updates four years after launch

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

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The Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge were launched in 2016 with Android 6.0. Samsung released two major Android version updates to the phones over the years. Both the phones received the Android 8.0 update in 2018, and the company continued to roll out security patches until last month

Samsung might still release security patches to the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge, but only when critical security vulnerabilities are discovered. If you are using any of these Galaxy S7 phones, you know that it has been a particularly good run when it comes to software updates.

 

https://www.sammobile.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s7-stops-update-four-years-after-launch/

RIP, i'm gonna run my phone to the ground until they released a phone without the damn hole punch, i really wish they'd make 2 variants of the same new phones one without the selfie cam and one with as a trail run and let people decide if they want both as i've never once used the damn thing. 

[Sauron]

4 years + crucial security patches for a few more is actually above average support.

[DrMacintosh]

Wow, that’s actually a long support period for an Android phone. Was the S7 only “supported” in the most literal sense or was it given the latest version of Android?

[foldingNoob]

LOL remember the S7 Note?

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

7 minutes ago, foldingNoob said:

LOL remember the S7 Note?

and that's related to this post how? that phone was EOL the year it came.

[Guest]

4 years is a good amount of time, and with people most likely upgrading within that timeframe, also it’s good they didn’t have any major updates - on the iPhones people complain their device is slow with a new update, you see it almost every update because they are using some old phone, e.g running iOS12 on an iPhone 6, of course it won’t run well the OS is 5 years ahead of the hardware.

[seon123]

1 hour ago, foldingNoob said:

LOL remember the S7 Note?

I think I spotted the Internet Explorer user here

[DailyProcrastinator]

That's actually really good, 4+ years of support for a Samsung is great. 

[Goliath_1911]

2 hours ago, DrMacintosh said:

Wow, that’s actually a long support period for an Android phone. Was the S7 only “supported” in the most literal sense or was it given the latest version of Android?

It is currently on Android 8.0

For anyone wondering it`s still a good phone (mine is the s7 edge), i got it since launch , loved it , no issues, still fast and reliable, last time i reset the phone was 2 years ago.Battery is still decent(doesnt last as long as before but it still lasts a entire day with a decent ammount of usage) .I did cause burn in the screen last year tho :(, 

 i will probably upgrade in 2021 and put this badboy to rest 

[Curufinwe_wins]

Totally acceptable IMO, particularly as patches to particularly egregious issues pop up.

 

Again, Android isn't exactly changing the wheel all the time here and it almost never matters that you are running an older version.

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

2 hours ago, Sauron said:

4 years + crucial security patches for a few more is actually above average support.

2 years with patches for 2 more. it should be the default, not exceptionally good. 

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

2 hours ago, DrMacintosh said:

Wow, that’s actually a long support period for an Android phone. Was the S7 only “supported” in the most literal sense or was it given the latest version of Android?

it stuck on android 8.0... 

[Goliath_1911]

4 minutes ago, Curufinwe_wins said:

Totally acceptable IMO, particularly as patches to particularly egregious issues pop up.

 

Again, Android isn't exactly changing the wheel all the time here and it almost never matters that you are running an older version.

honestly i can`t find anything that counts as a massive upgrade to go from android 8 to 10, i used a couple of newer phones that got android 9/10 and i just couldnt find a major difference, i am waiting for the displays to get to 144hz properly , not like the current s20 ultra

[Curufinwe_wins]

2 minutes ago, Goliath_1911 said:

honestly i can`t find anything that counts as a massive upgrade to go from android 8 to 10, i used a couple of newer phones that got android 9/10 and i just couldnt find a major difference, i am waiting for the displays to get to 144hz properly , not like the current s20 ultra

Reminder to everyone who intentionally held on to Windows 7 for 5+ years.... that the latest is not automatically the greatest, and as long as safety and performance is not compromised, there is no need or requirement to be on those newest software sets...

[Yeroh]

I still think that two years of OS updates is too little for a flagship product.

 

Samsung's pricing at the high end basically matches Apple, but with an iPhone you can expect to comfortably use your 1000€ phone for 5 years, especially if you're willing to do a battery swap along the way.

[Goliath_1911]

51 minutes ago, Yeroh said:

I still think that two years of OS updates is too little for a flagship product.

 

Samsung's pricing at the high end basically matches Apple, but with an iPhone you can expect to comfortably use your 1000€ phone for 5 years, especially if you're willing to do a battery swap along the way.

I gotta disagree with that, muy friend had a iPhone 6 which after 3 years of updates the phone became slow and sluggish he changed the battery, still, he then started notice each new ios would become heavier on the phone till he bought a new one

TL:DR years of updates is a gimmick, yes they provide them, but they make the phone run worse. 

No company wants you to keep the same device for longer than 2 years

 

[TechyBen]

1 hour ago, Curufinwe_wins said:

Reminder to everyone who intentionally held on to Windows 7 for 5+ years.... that the latest is not automatically the greatest, and as long as safety and performance is not compromised, there is no need or requirement to be on those newest software sets...

#Still on 7

But mainly as I'm on hold on building a *new* PC right now.

[Sauron]

12 hours ago, Twilight said:

2 years with patches for 2 more. it should be the default, not exceptionally good. 

 

12 hours ago, Twilight said:

it stuck on android 8.0... 

You don't need to have the latest OS release for the device to be considered "supported". Only security updates and bugfixes matter. Anything more is nice but not necessary.

[foldingNoob]

16 hours ago, Rohith_Kumar_Sp said:

and that's related to this post how? that phone was EOL the year it came.

I was gonna buy the S7 note but I couldnt wait and bought the S7 edge instead. This is related because it reminded me of the flame thrower model.

[kaiju_wars]

13 hours ago, Goliath_1911 said:

I gotta disagree with that, muy friend had a iPhone 6 which after 3 years of updates the phone became slow and sluggish he changed the battery, still, he then started notice each new ios would become heavier on the phone till he bought a new one

TL:DR years of updates is a gimmick, yes they provide them, but they make the phone run worse. 

No company wants you to keep the same device for longer than 2 years

 

My mom's 6 Plus was just fine till they upgraded last year.  Funny.

 

She only upgraded cause her and my stepdad are on the same plan, and he had a Nexus 6... and that was getting slow and sluggish.  So they both just decided to upgrade at the same time.

[AlTech]

16 hours ago, DrMacintosh said:

Wow, that’s actually a long support period for an Android phone. Was the S7 only “supported” in the most literal sense or was it given the latest version of Android?

The literal sense. It’s 2 android versions behind iirc.

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

2 hours ago, foldingNoob said:

I was gonna buy the S7 note but I couldnt wait and bought the S7 edge instead. This is related because it reminded me of the flame thrower model.

that better suited for a status update according the forums COC ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[DildorTheDecent]

Wouldn't have minded Android 9 officially tho.

 

Note FE got it and the europoor S7 Edge has the same Exynos SOC.

 

[Yeroh]

17 hours ago, Goliath_1911 said:

I gotta disagree with that, muy friend had a iPhone 6 which after 3 years of updates the phone became slow and sluggish he changed the battery, still, he then started notice each new ios would become heavier on the phone till he bought a new one

TL:DR years of updates is a gimmick, yes they provide them, but they make the phone run worse. 

No company wants you to keep the same device for longer than 2 years

The iPhone 6 is a particularly bad example because it had a single Gigabyte of RAM. I was using the 6S until very recently and it still ran perfectly on the most recent iOS versions.

And no, they don't generally "make your phone run worse" - I don't know where this myth comes from. Of course your phone will eventually become sluggish if you keep installing apps and never consider minor maintenance such as a battery replacement, but an OS update in and of itself will not generally make the phone "run worse". Yes, again, there are instances where major hardware changes might make your phone obsolete more quickly, but with Apple in particular, you can absolutely expect the phone to last you three years at minimum.

 

Given the minor advances in mobile technology nowadays, I just don't get why you'd consider long-term support a gimmick. Sure, I guess we're all technology enthusiasts here and thus tend to switch to more modern devices quicker than others, but the time that you can reasonably be expected to use a device for is anything but unimportant. Take business customers, for instance. And from my own experience, less tech-savvy people also like the peace of mind of being able to stick with a device once they're familiar with it. Ultimately it's also a cost thing, isn't it? I don't get why you'd want to go out and spend in excess of 1000€ every other year only to be able to get a phone that's still supported by the manufacturer when a 50€ battery swap could be all that's needed to serve you well for another two years.

[Goliath_1911]

2 hours ago, Yeroh said:

The iPhone 6 is a particularly bad example because it had a single Gigabyte of RAM. I was using the 6S until very recently and it still ran perfectly on the most recent iOS versions.

And no, they don't generally "make your phone run worse" - I don't know where this myth comes from. Of course your phone will eventually become sluggish if you keep installing apps and never consider minor maintenance such as a battery replacement, but an OS update in and of itself will not generally make the phone "run worse". Yes, again, there are instances where major hardware changes might make your phone obsolete more quickly, but with Apple in particular, you can absolutely expect the phone to last you three years at minimum.

 

Given the minor advances in mobile technology nowadays, I just don't get why you'd consider long-term support a gimmick. Sure, I guess we're all technology enthusiasts here and thus tend to switch to more modern devices quicker than others, but the time that you can reasonably be expected to use a device for is anything but unimportant. Take business customers, for instance. And from my own experience, less tech-savvy people also like the peace of mind of being able to stick with a device once they're familiar with it. Ultimately it's also a cost thing, isn't it? I don't get why you'd want to go out and spend in excess of 1000€ every other year only to be able to get a phone that's still supported by the manufacturer when a 50€ battery swap could be all that's needed to serve you well for another two years.

I didn`t say go out and spend 1k on a new phone every year, tho i get ur point , its pointless to change a phone every year, as i said i still got my s7 and for now there is nothing that i consider to be a big bump from my phone to pay $1000, i`ld rather spend that on getting a beefier pc (which i did).

And about the iphones slowing down with updates, i said that cause to of my friends , 1 ain`t tech savvy, and the other is, both had their iphones 6 slow down and experience lags within their 2nd year, they tried changing the battiers, other stuff, still.They ended up getting other phones. This is not just with iphones, all other phones,i got my mom a new galaxy s5 on her birthday, 2 years later , after a couple of updates , it became slow and sluggish. They all do that, but now after apple got caught, they all got scared and toned down on the updates that slow them up, wouldnt be surprised if 1 year later my phone suddenly became laggy and slow as fuck even tho it is smooth as fuck right now and has 0 issues.

They can`t sell new iphones or galaxies if the old ones kept running great....