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Android P 9.0 Samsung S8/S8+/S9/S9+
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Absolutely! That's why I ditched S8+ and jumped to Pixel wagon. Didn't regret that for a single second. Especially since I already run P DP1 on my Pixel 2 XL...
Can't say what I want.. I only will say that I'm already disappointed by Samsung support so... We probably will get it the end of 2019/2020. Don't even really want to think about it.
This has been going on for years. Why did you buy non-Pixel phone then if update is your main concern?
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I didn't know Samsung treat in such way the customers. I was htc user for years, and I hated Samsung till s8 and I couldn't take htc u11 so I got s8. HTC and the rest oems deliver big updates 3 months after comes out...And Samsung almost after a year. But I will know for the future. If after year this phone gets good development AOSP/TW I will stick with it. Look at note, they pay 2k for phone and Samsung treat them like sh!ts. So disappointed.
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S8+ looked soooooo promising so I bought it - it was my Sammy device after S3 again....lol...
But I was dissapointed again. I hope that Project Treble will do some good for you guys.
After all: it a shiny piece of great hardware, but for me personally thats prity much it.
Huh, already talking about P when O hasn't been officially released in the U.S. Shoot, Samsung should just scrap O and focus on P now. Gotta luv Samsung!
People who decide to spend a lot of their hard worked money to buy top end phones (flagships), usually are of the following categories:
1. They need it for their work (for example Note series) in which case they really care about security updates (at least).
2. They are passionate about phones and really care about looks, ui, apps etc. in which case they really care about android updates, ui updates etc.
I would say that the biggest percentage falls in category No2.
A firmware update breaths new life into the phone. It makes you see the device as a new device, try to explore again all the features from the beginning, pleases your eyes and generally makes your interaction with the phone a brand new experience.
People falling into category No2, really really really want and care about updates. Especially if they have spent a lot of money to buy a flagship, they demand to be treated as premium members. So they expect to receive quickly and first new updates.
When you see other flagships, maybe half the price of your flagship or flagships of smaller companies than Samsung to get all the new updates fast, and you are still 2 or 3 updates behind, then this makes you very disappointed and you may lose your faith to Samsung.
From what I understand, this has driven a lot of people who were loyal fans and followers of Samsung, away from samsung phones.
Hope this will change with project treble, because when you lose a loyal client, it is very hard to get him back.
1. They need it for their work (for example Note series) in which case they really care about security updates (at least).
2. They are passionate about phones and really care about looks, ui, apps etc. in which case they really care about android updates, ui updates etc.
I would say that the biggest percentage falls in category No2.
A firmware update breaths new life into the phone. It makes you see the device as a new device, try to explore again all the features from the beginning, pleases your eyes and generally makes your interaction with the phone a brand new experience.
People falling into category No2, really really really want and care about updates. Especially if they have spent a lot of money to buy a flagship, they demand to be treated as premium members. So they expect to receive quickly and first new updates.
When you see other flagships, maybe half the price of your flagship or flagships of smaller companies than Samsung to get all the new updates fast, and you are still 2 or 3 updates behind, then this makes you very disappointed and you may lose your faith to Samsung.
From what I understand, this has driven a lot of people who were loyal fans and followers of Samsung, away from samsung phones.
Hope this will change with project treble, because when you lose a loyal client, it is very hard to get him back.
Meaning Gesture Navigation?
Looking great and working great! I hope that they will ditch back button and implement left swipe instead.
I meant that
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Gesture Navigation Android P 9.0
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Gesture Navigation Android P 9.0
is project treble even going to be supported by the s8/s8+ though?.. because I dont remember seeing it being supported
It's not supported and most likely never will. Google requires onl the new phones to support Project Treble
i think we shouldn't jump on conclusions like that yet. Mostly because samsung always respects the update schedule,they always support their devices 2 years after launch which also means among the security patches etc ,two big updates. in this case it is oreo and p. so that means we should basically have the P update
If you're just wanting security updates I would recommend to flah the U1 firmware. I did so on my Sprint S7 edge over a year ago and it's still getting security patches. Currently on May 2018. The phone is now over two years old.
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