Let us take a clear example: Verizon Galaxy S7. The device was released back in March 2016, and it received an update at the weekend. A four-year-old Samsung phone got an update. The update was only a security patch, but that’s four years of support. This has marked the last update for the Galaxy S7 line. Samsung has written some names off their list of devices receiving security updates: Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge. We knew this would happen, just like this, around the 4th birthday of the phone.
If you’re one of those people who own a Galaxy S7, then we must say, they really did their job. You’re probably wondering what’s next now. Well, you’re asking yourself if you should stick with this Samsung phone, or if you should get something else that will still receive support, but we believe that you already know that Samsung will be here to deliver, at least when it comes to the security patches.