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Nokia has been the timeliest about pushing out updates too, beating Google to the punch by a few weeks for the December Android security patches recently. Realistically, the Nokia 6 will probably have modern Android updates longer than any of the Nexus or Pixel line.

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Is this reliable? My choice of next phone wad going to be Pixel due to the importance I place on timely updates.

Has Nokia committed to beating Google on terms of handset support lifetime?

Nokia phones have two years of Android updates guaranteed.

Google is two prior to the Pixel 2. With the Pixel 2 they committed to three.

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/10/4/16403922/g...

And how do you enforce that guarantee? I remember when they guaranteed years of updates for the Lumia 800, and then the Lumia 1020.

If they stop the updates, you can participate in a class-action lawsuit, and get a Nokia ballpoint pen (ink not included) after eleven years.

Microsoft is not good at keeping promises.

Google + HMD Global seems more credible combination.

This was the reason I bought a Nokia and I was very happy already participating on the beta program to get Oreo for my Nokia 5. However the poor support (and by that I mean, none at all and saying that's google's issue when on all my other Android 8 Motorola devices it worked perfectly) of Android Auto made me ditch it.

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