Well good thing i purchased a Pixel 6 (when it came out) with only 3 years of support /s
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Itâs 5 years for all Pixel 6 series devices.
One thing I want to add is that Motorola has dropped security support for 3 years â 2 years on their G-series phones (which their âcheap/budgetâ series of phones), and the phones supported by calyx have less than 1 year left
there are no good privacy+security options left for cheap phones, as far as I can tell
If you care about security but not privacy Samsung phones might be the best choice, the A05, A06 are below 100USD and provide 4 years of (quarterly) security patches
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To be fair, it doesnât seem that those who care about privacy really have an option. Even from a pro-privacy perspective, opening yourself up to cyber threats wouldnât be great for privacy so I couldnât imagine justifying trading security updates for less data collection. It seems that picking the cheapest Samsung phone you can find (in my area, the A05/A06 doesnât seem to be available, only the A15 and presumably the upcoming A16?) and following configuration and best practices advice is the only option for those in precarious financial situations.
UPDATE: For anyone reading in the future, Iâd also like to link to my comment here where I go more in-depth on cost comparisons of Pixel vs Galaxy phones.
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