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We asked, you told us: Samsung’s new update policy would make you buy its phones
June 01, 2025
Samsung made waves roughly a month ago when it announced that it would offerthree years of Android version updatesto a variety of its devices. The Korean brand says it’ll offer three years of major version updates to the Galaxy S10 and up, the Galaxy Note 10 and higher, and several more devices.
In fact, even the budget-focused Galaxy A series is getting in on the update action too, down to the mid-rangeGalaxy A51. So it got us wondering whether this pledge alone would be enough for customers to actually want to buy Samsung phones.
The poll waspublished on August 22, drawing in 6,730 votes. And the results are overwhelmingly positive for the Korean brand. Almost 94% of readers said they’d buy a Samsung device due to this new approach to updates. Just over 6% of people voted in the negative, saying they don’t care about the new policy.
We can’t say we’re surprised by this result at all, asa previousAndroid Authoritypollfound that roughly 96% of respondents wanted Android updates for three to five years. Furthermore,anotherAndroid Authoritypollfound that ~85% of readers wouldn’t consider a phone if it didn’t get a single major Android update.
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It’s clear then that Android version updates are extremely important to our readers, as you’d expect. But will this update policy result in increased sales for Samsung? We’ll just have to wait and see.
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