[raesene3]

This is a great illustration of why Android is likely to face problems in corporate deployments. Lack of security updates less than 2 years after release is likely to prove a serious problem for companies who operate a 3-5 year device refresh lifecycle...

[indymike]

Maybe the issue is that a 3-5 year refresh on a device with a 2 year designed lifespan is a bad idea? Also, with the pace that smartphones have advanced... even if a 5 year old phone still works, who wants to use it?

[raesene3]

Sure in a consumer scenario 2 years is the norm. What I was thinking of is that corporates are not used to 2 year lifecycles so there's likely going to be problems for them if they don't budget for that.

[eonil]

I don't think corporates have regular refresh cycle. They don't spend money if they don't have to.

[vetinari]

Is your company really working on 3-5 year life cycle for mobile devices?

Most companies where I worked were on 2-year life cycle. The new devices were almost free at this point, it made no sense to use the old devices any further.