Quote Originally Posted by misseksaherada View Post
Yung Samsung S24 series pala may bayad na yung AI after 2025. Pero dahil sa promise nila na 7 generations of operating system updates and 7 years security updates mukhang sulit na..
Yun yung problem ko sa mid-range phone ko na Oppo Reno2, release date August 2019 wala pang 5 years meron na Oppo Reno11.. Ok pa sana yung hardware (design, performance and battery) kaso wala na security update and OS version update, hanggang Android 11 lang, ang latest Android 14.. Mapipilitan na ako bumili ng new phone dahil sa trabaho ko, yung authentication na gamit nasa phone, required na updated ang OS at security..

Source: Galaxy S24 Ultra, the Latest AI Mobile Phone | Samsung Philippines

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Yup, the cloud AI features will be moving behind a paywall at the end of 2025. I can't fault them for that... maintaining the back-end systems for the cloud AI function is expensive. All those servers, storage systems, bandwidth, all future developments required to improve it, etc. But I'll hold off judgment until I see the prices.

Though, you can turn off cloud AI and just use the integrated NPU for local AI. It's not as powerful but at least your S24 won't lose all AI functions when they start charging for it.

Same sentiments on the OS upgrades and security updates. I've tried considering using mid-tier models myself as they have gotten better overall, but the very limited support lifecycle always pushes me to get a flagship instead. 7 years or 7 generations of Android OS upgrades, which are obviously annual, including 7 years of security updates (which varies between monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly). So the S24 will be supported until 2031 and will get up to Android 21, or whatever it's going to be called. Now, that's how flagships should be treated.