Samsung is stopping update support for the Galaxy S10
Samsung recently announced that it will stop providing update support for Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+ si Galaxy S10e. Bad news if you own an S10 phone, because not even three years after these models appeared on the market, Samsung is stopping security updates.
Compared to Apple, Samsung has been criticized for the relatively short periods of support for system updates offered to its phones. In the past, most Samsung phones only received two or three major OS updates, and the support periods for security updates were limited to two or three years. However, in recent years, Samsung has tried to improve the support period for system updates, promising to provide three years of major system updates and four years of security updates for certain phone models, such as the Galaxy S21 si Galaxy Z Fold2.
As far as the S10 series is concerned, this policy of "extended" updates cannot really be applied in the same way as it is to current models of Samsung, so that update support for the Galaxy S10 is now ending.
The latest version of the operating system is Android 12 in 2022, this representing the third major software update for these smartphones. In parallel, Apple still offers the latest version of iOS 16 for iPhone 8 (released in September 2017), and security updates for 10-year-old iPhone models.
The even bigger problem is to possess the lot Galaxy S10 from the USA. The models sold in the USA have a locked bootloader, so users will not be able to install one ROM customized, developed on online communities.
What does it mean that Samsung is stopping update support for the Galaxy S10?
Users will still be able to use their Galaxy S10 for a period of time, but they will be exposed to Android malware and other types of viruses. Google will allow you to download limited applications from Google Play, but banking applications and those that require increased security will no longer be available on these models.
The Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+ and Galaxy S10e will no longer receive any updates to the Android operating system, despite the fact that many online stores still sell these phone models. Samsung's policy does not provide that these models will be removed from sale worldwide, with the end of support.
