Samsung ends security updates for the Note 10

[MotorMike2020]

https://www.sammobile.com/news/samsung-galaxy-note-10-security-update-frequency-downgraded-biannual/

The Note 10 lite will still get bi annual updates.

 

[gray2018]

Pretty sad. Personally, I'd still use the Note 10+ regardless if I still had it. It's too good of a phone!

 

[Bkdodger1]

Note 10+ was one of my faves..

 

[MotorMike2020]

I just bought a brand new one... and its gonna be my daily driver for a long time. Regardless of any updates.

 

[burwil]

I've got a Note 10+. I still use it because the new phones give me headaches. But with no security updates I'm going to get a new phone and use it sparingly. There is too much there to roll the dice on a phone that is not secure.

 

[Golem-7]

How dodgy is it without security updates? There are mixed views online. I'm using a note 10. Brilliant phone. I love its size and weight - not like carrying round a tablet! And I have been using a stylus for 30 years - since the days of the Palm5. Can't do without it. Some say "get a new phone". However manufacturer updates are sometimes only for about 3 years for a new phone. So then I would be back where I started. I resent paying a grand for a new phone, when this old beast does all I want it to. Others say "don't be paranoid. You won't get hacked!" The other option is a custom ROM. But some of them have no security updates either!
I have Norton on it, and avoid dodgy apps & websites. So am I paranoid?