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I wonder what "we’ll make sure you keep getting regular updates" really means. Regular updates and prompt security updates the moment Google publishes them are two different things. Considering that even Google's support of its own devices is somewhat abysmal (three years of security updates _at best_) and that almost all 3rd party vendors don't push security updates fast enough I'm not confident that Nokia will be any better.

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Since, from my understanding of the texts, all the Nokia Android devices are running stock Android, I guess they can apply the same updates as for the Google devices.

Is it "stock Android" from the Android repo, or "stock Android" from the chipset manufacturer's fork? And will the carriers keep it untouched?

It's a promise and nothing more. I sure would not pay a premium for that promise, considering how often it had been broken. I would find it more compelling if they announced updates for a small fee, then they could say "we promise, but we also promise that you only pay of we deliver".

At least they are offensively sticking to plain Google Android, so the usual excuse "we customized ourselves into a corner, now you can only get security updates if you buy new hardware" is out of the picture.

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