How long do Nubia phones get updates?
Nubia, a ZTE sub-brand, does not publish a uniform multi-year update commitment the way Samsung or Google do; support is decided per model and tends to run about two to three Android upgrades and roughly three years of security patches, with some flagships like the Z70 Ultra documenting one major OS upgrade and around three years of updates. Its gaming RedMagic line follows the same loose pattern, prioritizing performance and cooling over long software lifecycles. Official US retail is limited, so update timing varies by region.
Source: documented support history
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