Until now, the years in which iPhones were updated could only be determined from their history. Apple has been pretty consistent across generations and has been one of the leading companies when it comes to years of support. To date, only Samsung and Google have wanted to challenge this update policy.

Google also offers seven annual updates for Google Pixel and Samsung; This is a record only Apple has achieved to date. The current data is quite intriguing: Apple promises fewer annual updatesAlthough there are enough newspaper archives to be considered positive.

Five years of updates. Apple promises this at least for the iPhone 15 family. How do we know this information? Regulations in countries such as the United Kingdom require this information to be provided when making compliance declarations for connected devices. So Apple signs documents stating that: minimum five years.

On paper, the numbers are clear: Samsung and Google promise seven years, Apple five years, but the math isn’t that simple. What Google and Samsung are promising is a full cycle of system updates. So unless there is a change in policy, they will update those seven years.

What Apple guarantees: leastso nothing prevents them from going beyond that figure. There are even models that have been updated for seven years, such as the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus.

Something that hasn’t happened in a long time: The latest iPhone generations are updated at six-year intervals. If it continues like this, both Google and Samsung will take the lead and become new references in support.

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