Staying with One UI 6.1 ?

[Android Dude777]

I presently have a Galaxy A 15 5G phone, and I still have One UI 6.1 and Android 14. I have two questions:

--Is there any reason not to stay with this? I have read a number of stories about problems with upgrading to One UI 7 and 8.

--And if/when I decide to get a new phone some day, will having One UI 6.1 be a problem?

Thanks.

 

[Android Dude777]

2000 views and no answers?

 

[Bkdodger1]

I would think now by updating to OneUI 8 it should be stable enough to upgrade but you can certainly stay and just do monthly security updates

 

[bearone2]

apps will stop working!!

 

[mustang7757]

I'm on One UI 8 with 2 Samsung devices, you can stay on 6.1 but you won't get feature updates or important security ones and that is worrisome.