Successor of A80

[Samidh]

How many of you like the rotating and pop up mechanism of A80. I request Samsung to launch its successor and plz consider A80 under 3 Major Android update policy. Its a 52k smartphone and still not considered under 3 update policy. Whereas A51 of 22k is considered under 3 update policy. This discrimination should not be done. 😡😡

[Swapnava · Accepted solution]

yeah you are right. A80 should also get 3 update policy as it's a high end midrange device. Cost is also too high. The processor also supports Android 13 upgrade. So hope it will get 3 OS upgrades if they want to provide. Or if they are going on differentiate S series and A series because S series is flagship one. Then it's their problem

[Samidh]

You are right ✅

[Swapnava]

A80 deserves software supports as it's company's first rotating camera device.

[AjayCA]

only 2020 released A series A51 onwards are applicable for 3 years software update

[Samidh]

But 2019 S series are getting. Also A80 is not cheap it costs above 50k. so A80 should get.

[AjayCA]

it's not the budget you are paying / paid / launched at,

it all depends on the series

A series - even if the phone is launched at 80k, still it won't be considered a flipship, it's called upper mid range device

S series - even that note 10 lite, s10 lite, s20 fe, may be under 50k or 40k, it's still considered as a flagship.

A80, may be at 50k, but it's an upper midrange device.

[safanrock]

yes Samsung are not focus on Galaxy a80 because still not receive even oneui 2.5 update 😡😡
other Samsung Galaxy a50,a50s,a51,a70,a70s,a71
are receive 2.5 updated even Samsung Galaxy m31 are receive Android 11 on ui 3.
what the Respect Galaxy a80
is 48,000 world's first rotating camera Samsung best invention
please reply and rollout 2.5 update soon 😭

[AjayCA]

A80 might be the expensive A series, but the users of A80 are very less that makes Samsung to neglect the updates. Samsung focuses on the variants on which the users are more.

Example, A50 has the most users and the sales of A50 were at the maximum in A series, which makes it unique from the other A series. So, you can still see A50 under monthly security update list, which even the A80, A70, A70s, A50s or the latest A51 or A71 are also not there in the monthly security patch update list as they fall to quarterly security patch update list from the date of launch itself.

Under samsung policy, priority models are not based on the cost, it'll be based on the sales over that particular product.