Only for rich customers with flagship phonesXiaomi has improved its update support.
The 17 series is announced with 5 years of Android updates and 6 years of security updates.
Patches are released quarterly, just like Honor
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Pretty sure if Apple and Samsung would make a phone in that tight budget it won't have anything much longer and even if it would the hardware inside it won't be able to keep up with it. Btw Congrats @Shadowra !
Samsung has change its policy lately for entry level phones; the one I have got for dad months ago is an entry level with 6 years support; trying to regain a market share after dominance of Chinese brands of entry level.
With their Exynos chips they are going to get reduced to a crawl even if the hardware survives for 6 years. Plus having a top down pricing software updates supports Samsung more than Chinese makers. Always buy budget samsung with Mediatek if not Snapdragon.
My wife and me use iPhone, my daughter uses the Poco X6 Pro ( ADS Machine )
Exactly; I got a phone with MT cpu; not as good as SD, but is sufficient for his very light use.
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Still no Google Play?
Honor phones have the Google Play Store. Huawei phones do not.
I use only Open source whenever possible.
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Google dialer, messages, calendar, and Chrome are the default; they are good and do the job.
There is no such a privacy online, only offline.
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Can't find the below mentioned in your setup
Q1
Did you enable Advanced Protection Mode in Android 16?
Advanced Protection Mode in Android 16 is a security feature designed to enhance protection for at-risk users by enabling certain security settings by default and disabling others that could pose risks.
Q2
Did you take advantage in some Android Developers Options settings like 'Select mock location app' and 'Disable screen share protections'?
Q3
Did you maximise the settings under 'Security and Privacy'? Like using App Lock, Hide Apps, Secure Folder etc
Q4
Did you check the permissions given to each app especially for location, camera and microphone? Allowing these unnecessarily will allow tracking of your location. Similalry, disabling for WiFi and Bluetooth scanning.
Q1
Did you enable Advanced Protection Mode in Android 16?
Advanced Protection Mode in Android 16 is a security feature designed to enhance protection for at-risk users by enabling certain security settings by default and disabling others that could pose risks.
Q2
Did you take advantage in some Android Developers Options settings like 'Select mock location app' and 'Disable screen share protections'?
Q3
Did you maximise the settings under 'Security and Privacy'? Like using App Lock, Hide Apps, Secure Folder etc
Q4
Did you check the permissions given to each app especially for location, camera and microphone? Allowing these unnecessarily will allow tracking of your location. Similalry, disabling for WiFi and Bluetooth scanning.
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