The reasons for this are twofold: firstly, hardware advancements have slowed down considerably in the mobile space, meaning that it takes multi year generational improvements to achieve the upgrade noteworthiness that was once possible on a nearly yearly basis back in the 2010s. Secondly, more and more hardware makers are jumping on the bandwagon of providing feature upgrades and security patches for extended periods of time, with Google and Samsung currently leading the charge with their...

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