OnePlus' COO and President, Kinder Liu, has tried to justify the company’s software update policy for the OnePlus 12 series. The devices will receive four to five years of software updates, a duration shorter than the seven years offered by some competitors.

What Happened: Speaking to Tom’s Guide, Liu revealed that the OnePlus 12 series will receive four years of Android updates and an extra year of security patches. The lower-cost OnePlus 12R will receive three years of Android updates and four years of security support.

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Liu argued that extended software support is not valuable if the phone’s hardware can’t keep up.

"Imagine your phone is a sandwich,” he said. “Some manufacturers are now saying that the filling in their sandwich — their phone’s software — will still be good to eat in seven years’ time."

"But what they’re not telling you is that the bread in the sandwich — the user experience — might be moldy after four years."

He also mentioned OnePlus’ testing with TÜV SUD, which stress tests its phones to ensure performance after four years of use.

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Why It Matters: The OnePlus 12 series, powered by Qualcomm Inc.’s (NASDAQ:QCOM) Snapdragon chipsets, was launched in January.

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