Samsung wants people to pay $2,000 for a smartphone that gets Android updates months after they're released

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Meanwhile, every iPhone owner gets software updates from Apple almost immediately.

While it's a unique hardware design, at the end of the day, the Galaxy Fold is still totally reliant on software to be functional and up-to-date.Google is trying to make it easier for Android phone makers like Samsung to roll out more timely software updates., which started shipping with Android 8.0"Oreo," is designed to streamline updates so phone makers don't have to rely on chipmakers before rolling out every single update, which used to be the case.

Still, we're likely years away from seeing Samsung phones getting Android updates within days or even weeks of their initial release, in the same way that Google's Pixel phones get Android updates as soon as they're available.While it's a unique hardware design, at the end of the day, the phone-tablet hybrid is still totally reliant on software to be functional and up-to-date.

 

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