Samsung guaranteed 4 years of Updates?

[eric002]

Eh, who knows.... I’m honestly ok with 3 years of updates. I mean 4 would be nice but it’s all good dude. Hahah.

 

[mustang7757]

Eh, who knows.... I’m honestly ok with 3 years of updates. I mean 4 would be nice but it’s all good dude. Hahah.

Yeah

 

[eric002]

Yeah

Ha ha, yeah, dude! For sure! ??????????????????

 

[kenorian]

Whose battery is going to last more than 3 years anyway?

 

[eric002]

Who's battery is going to last more than 3 years anyway?

Yeah, that's the unfortunate/frustrating reality of everything as well! We all sometimes forget about battery shelf-life/longevity...

 

[mustang7757]

Yeah, that's the unfortunate/frustrating reality of everything as well! We all sometimes forget about battery shelf-life/longevity...

I think that would be more of a issue if you had a note 2 looking for battery at this moment
If your device 3 years old and looking for battery should be fine .

 

[eric002]

I think that would be more of a issue if you had a note 2 looking for battery at this moment
If your device 3 years old and looking for battery should be fine .

haha yeah, definitely for sure Mustang dude! lol

 

[bkdodger2]

Kudos Samsung. I love my Samsung phone and software. They just bring so much to the table on the latest phones like the note series and the fold. Those TouchWiz days are over ..

 

[J Dubbs]

Who's battery is going to last more than 3 years anyway?

That's the magic of the sealed batteries the industry has convinced us to embrace..... they can construct a battery to last as short or long as they want... so they can basically control the usable lifespan of a phone, knowing that most folks will buy a new phone over having a battery replaced. Its interesting that $1500 phones have trouble with a battery lasting 3 years, yet we have every iteration of Amazon's Kindles in our household that have been abused beyond belief, including the very first model (which is 8-9 years old I believe?), and they ALL work fine with no battery issues whatsoever. $1500 phone every 3 years vs $50 Kindle every 8+..... things that make you go hmm

 

[tube517]

Who's battery is going to last more than 3 years anyway?

Great point.

And most people (not all) won't have the patience to wait to have a shop put in a new battery or send it in.

 

[kenorian]

That's the magic of the sealed batteries the industry has convinced us to embrace..... they can construct a battery to last as short or long as they want... so they can basically control the usable lifespan of a phone, knowing that most folks will buy a new phone over having a battery replaced. Its interesting that $1500 phones have trouble with a battery lasting 3 years, yet we have every iteration of Amazon's Kindles in our household that have been abused beyond belief, including the very first model (which is 8-9 years old I believe?), and they ALL work fine with no battery issues whatsoever. $1500 phone every 3 years vs $50 Kindle every 8+..... things that make you go hmm

Probably a safe bet, though, that folks don't have their Kindles turned on and used all day every day...

 

[J Dubbs]

Probably a safe bet, though, that folks don't have their Kindles turned on and used all day every day...

The Kindles in our household stay on 24/7, they're the family do it all devices, but my wife and I turn our phones off every night since we also have a landline. Plus the Kindles get plugged in and charged all night every night, just like a typical phone... and our phones are turned off and not charged all night, yet the phone batteries last about 3 years if we're lucky.

There's not much incentive for phone manufacturers to make long lasting batteries, when they know they can get you to buy an expensive new phone every couple of years if they keep the sealed batteries lifecycle shorter. Kindles on the other hand are cheap, so people (like us) upgrade to a bigger, faster, or just newer one without much thought, especially if a sale pops up (which they always do). So Amazon doesn't have to worry about controlling battery life to keep sales up

There's a reason folks are always complaining about how quick phone batteries go bad, and a reason why companies like Apple and Samsung are trying their best to stop third party shops from replacing batteries and other parts in their phones. Apple was in a legal battle over the right to repair, not sure if that's been settled yet or not. It's all about keeping us buying... whatever it takes.

On a side note, our original 8+ year old Kindle was in a multiple roll over car wreck, and was found down the road on the pavement. It was in a basic magnetic wallet type case, and didn't suffer any damage and still works great. Pretty good for a $50 device. I wonder if a modern $1500 flagship smartphone would fare as well?