Ask HN: Android One Is Dead?

9 points by smorgusofborg 4y ago ↗ HN

I am unable to identify an Android One phone released in the last 3 quarters and the Google site now promises only 2 years of maintenance, so 1.1 years of support if bought today.

Are there options besides Apple and Google(?) that ~always deliver maintenance at least as long as the hardware warranty?

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raxxorrax 4y ago ↗

Sadly that seems to be the case. If someone finds a newer model please tell. Really sad to see it go. If you don't flash your android device, this is the best distribution you can get. I would never want to go back again, but at some point there might no be much choice.

Dracophoenix 4y ago ↗

Nokia/HMD sells Android One phones with up to 3 years of hardware and software support.

codeptualize 4y ago ↗

Check out Nokia, all their devices have clean Android and at least 2 but on some phones 3 or 4 years of updates.

They also produce Android One phones, but for some reason they don't mention it explicitly anymore, even though it looks the same.

I used to have the Nokia 8.1 before I switched to iPhone, it was a great device, especially for the price, got monthly updates, and reasonable quick major version updates.

I think OnePlus might also have some decent update guarantees.

taubek 4y ago ↗

According to the table on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_One) Nokia is the last one that produces Android One phones.

Latest phone that I've bought was https://www.oneplus.com/global/n100. This is one of the first OnePlus phones where they have made the update windows shorter for one year :( You can read more about that at https://www.androidcentral.com/oneplus-nord-n10-5g-n100-sing....