TECH - Apple Officially Confirms This Is How Long It Will Support iPhones For And Surprisingly It's Less Than Samsung And Google | Benzinga
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has finally disclosed the minimum period for which it will provide security updates to its iPhones, in compliance with the UK’s Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) regulation.
What Happened: Apple’s defined support period for the iPhone 15 Pro Max is a “minimum five years from the first supply date," which was Sept. 22, 2023, the company said in its official filing.
This means that the iPhone 15 series is guaranteed to receive security updates until Sept. 22, 2028.
Despite this, Apple’s security update policy is not the most comprehensive in the industry.
Both Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google assure seven years of security updates and Android ...