Samsung is probably the only Android OEM known for offering longer software support. The recent devices from the company are not only confirmed to get at least four years of security patches but some of them are even guaranteed to receive three years of Android updates. But unfortunately, the new policy is not applicable to some very old handsets. Samsung cuts off the software support of two such phones.

According to a report by SamMobile, Samsung has ended software support for Galaxy Note Fan Edition and Galaxy S Light Luxury. These two devices are no longer listed on Samsung’s Security Updates Scope page. At the same time, the Galaxy Note9 has been now dropped to quarterly updates instead of monthly.

The Galaxy Note FE was the first-ever ‘Fan Edition’ device from Samsung. It was nothing but a refurbished Galaxy Note7 with a safer and smaller battery. The handset was released a month ahead of the launch of the Galaxy Note8 in 2017.

It debuted with Android 7.1.1 Nougat and was updated up to One UI based on Android 9.0 Pie. Being an older flagship from Samsung, it only received two OS updates but four years of security updates.

On the other hand, the Galaxy S Light Luxury (aka Galaxy S8 Lite) was a China-exclusive smartphone. It was a toned-down version of the  Galaxy S8. This phone was released in 2018 with Android 8.0 Oreo. It also got two OS updates up to Android 10-based One UI 2.x but only three years of security updates.

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The Samsung SM-G8950 is an upcoming upper mid-range phone that has been referred to as the Galaxy S8 Lite/S9 Lite. Scheduled to launch tomorrow, May 21, the device will arrive under a new name – the Galaxy S Light Luxury.

A new poster for the launch released by Samsung confirmed the name of the device. It also includes the time and venue for the launch.

The event will take place at the Jingdong headquarters in Beijing and will start at 1 pm local time. Samsung also adds that only 100 people have been invited.

The Galaxy S light Luxury will pack a 5.8-inch FHD+ Infinity Display. It will be powered by a Snapdragon 660 processor that is paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage.

On the back is a 16MP primary sensor and above the display is an 8MP wide-angle selfie camera. It will have its fingerprint scanner in the same spot as the Galaxy S8 duo, run Android Oreo, and draw power from a 3,000mAh battery.

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Leaked renders have shown that the Galaxy S Light Luxury will come in black and red color variants. We do not know if these will be the only two color options or if more will be announced tomorrow.

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