How often do you get updates or upgrades from a low cost or high cost phone?
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I can speak of flagship models in Japan. They get updates whenever the carier feels like it. It is slowed down because they programme like a bunch of idiots and do not release updates without first adding their crap.
On the other hand a cheap nexus phone that is sold by ymobile (yahoo partnership) updates as soon as a stable version is released by google.
My nexus is running the latest release while my galaxy s6 is running 5.0.2
So if you want to buy a new phone that is expensive thinking better support. You are wasting your time.
Those nexus phones are great but unfortunately only ymobile here has them. Their LTE coverage is not that hot in many areas so that renders the phone pretty useless when trying to run vpn connections for work.
It's very simple - once you buy a phone consider it a throwaway as the manufacturers want you to buy another within a year or so. If you don't buy a new phone regularly - they don't make money...
I still stick with the best bloody all rounder on the market being a nexus. It seriously updates as soon as google pushes a new version and by all means it is not the newest nexus either. Sure they can splash a bit more on the display and overall quality, but seriously the only phone that comes close to challenging a s6 for me is a nexus. They are no fril no this no that. Just does what it is supposed to. Really wonderful phones those.
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