Apple has some terrible news for iPhone owners

Historically, the Apple user community has always been characterized byupdate policy and support is much higher than its main competitors.

However, since other companies such as Google and Samsung have made significant efforts in this direction, the gap between all technology companies is declining much. Indeed, it was recently reported that Apple may be falling behind both sides in its commitment to maintaining security updates over time.

Apple’s Commitments

Most mobile phone manufacturers provide their users with official information about at least how long updates are guaranteed. Both the operating system and those related to security. Understanding that this is one of the main factors that consumers monitor when evaluating a terminal purchase, in many cases we find policies that guarantee updates for up to seven years, as is the case with Samsung and Google.

Apple, however he has a completely different policy. While it is true that in many cases its terminals take a long time to receive updates, the Cupertino company has always preferred not to announce a minimum time for them. However, it has now been forced to strengthen as a result of the UK’s Product Safety and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) regulation coming into force on 29 April.

And as always, whenever Apple has to comply with legal regulations, now is the perfect time for us to find out more. Apple’s Commitments with your users in your update policies.

Five years of renewal

The technology company announced that the specific support period is “minimum five years from the date of first delivery”, and not from the moment of purchase. In the case of the iPhone 15, the terminal entered the market andSeptember 22, 2023 Thus, based on the information published, we will have up to September 22, 2028 Updates guaranteed. No matter when we buy our terminal.

The previously mentioned legal framework defines a security update as “Software updates that protect or enhance the security of a product, including software updates that resolve security issues discovered or reported to the manufacturer

It’s worth keeping in mind that we always mean security updates, not the operating system. However, Apple did not comment on this issue. As we previously predicted, companies like Samsung or Google guarantee seven years of security and operating system updates, which is two years longer than Apple’s guarantee.

However, we always talk about the minimum duration of obligations. Therefore, it is not surprising that after five years, Apple continues to offer support to its users for some time, as has happened in previous cases.