Qualcomm’s $1,500 phone for Snapdragon superfans is falling behind on software

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The company that makes the chips wanted to go big for the launch of its first phone, so they put a price tag on a device that was supposed to cater to the nerds of the world. The dream phone for superfans, which was released almost a year ago, has not received a security patch since January.

Users are wondering if the device dubbed the Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders has been abandoned by the company. The January update was pushed to the phone instead of the last software update, which was in March. The June 2022 update has already been rolled out by the two companies.

It shouldn't be a problem for a flagship device that costs more than $1,000 to get an upgrade to the latest version of the operating system. Almost two years have passed since the release of the first version of the operating system, and a number of companies have begun to let users download the latest version of the software.

A representative of the company responded to the concerns of the people on the forum. The next security patch will be released on June 20. The representative didn't answer users' questions about the new software, and neither did the companies that made it.

The company that designed and manufactured the device might have something to do with the slowness of updates. There is a chance that this device is not prioritized for updates. It's not clear how many of these devices were sold, but it's probably less than the more affordable lines of ZenFones.

It doesn't have the best track record when it comes to rolling out updates. In September of last year, the ZenFone 8 was released and in December of that year, there was an update to the version of the phone. It wasn't until last month that it pushed Android 12 to the ZenFone 7 series devices, and it wasn't until March of this year that the ZenFone 5 got it.

When the Pixel 6 / 6 Pro was released in October, other newer devices like the S21, S21 Plus, and S21 Ultra were also released.