you guys - i cannot stop thinking about how many of us are holding ticking bombs and the reason is software support timelines because they're worse than anyone realized. Samsung has a tiered policy that means your flagship gets longer but budget models get cut off fast so here's what dies by end 2027: Galaxy A14 (May '25/May '27), A54 5G (Mar '27/May '27), S23 series all the way through to Feb '28, Z Fold4 and Flip4 until August '27, A53 5G in April '27, the entire S22 lineup by February '27, your S21 FE gone Jan '27, and even the older Z Fold3/Flip3 is hitting EOL Aug '26. Google's improved but its past-new policy means Pixel 8+ get 7 years while others get 5 so you're looking at Pixel 7 Pro (Oct '27), the base 7 also Oct '27, 6a in July '27, and the 6/6 Pro models already sliding toward October EOLs with 2-5 long gone. Motorola made a statement by promising five years but there are loopholes — their G (Dec '27) and G Stylus 5G (May '27) and Edge 2024 (May '27) may get security updates without new Android versions, plus the G Power 5G (Mar '27), G 5G (Mar '27), G Play (Jan '27), Razr and Razr+ through September/'June 2027 respectively and Edge+ in May. Each of these is your bank info sitting on an unpatchable device — so the advice is simple: check your phone's release date, if it crosses that five-year window you need to start planning for a replacement before a zero-day makes your data public property.

Source: https://www.engadget.com/2206707/these-popular-smartphones-are-in-their-last-year-of-software-support/