That comes from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who is reporting that Apple wants to switch to year-based names. That means the ...

And it's not just inflation that underlies the need for phones to get more years of software support. The update extension arrives alongside a push for phones to become more repairable.

Not all Chinese vendors take Xiaomi’s approach. Vivo, for example, ships phones with software that’s wonderfully named Funtouch OS, which is currently in its fourth major iteration.

All products featured on WIRED are independently ... These updates continue to be issued for older phones even after major software updates have finished, so important vulnerabilities can be ...