Why older phones with good enough hardware can’t be updated to latest Android?

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We have reached a point in which huge steps in hardware improvements is not a thing, hence my question. Or maybe they can but companies want us to pay money to get the latest OS and new features?

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Even if they seem minor, there are a ton of differences between revs of a phone.

Supporting an ever-growing list of old hardware that has a small user base has a big engineering cost. It ends up being a ton of work for a small number of users, so it’s not a cost-effective use of time.

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