How many years of updates does my phone get?
Every phone’s security-update end date, counted in years from release, by maker — with whether it is a commitment, and what a used one has left.
built from 55 phones
Answers Questions a spec table cannot settle
33 answers in 7 topics, newest first within each. Every claim in them names the page it came from. Then one page per phone on the two questions owners ask most: should I upgrade it, and when does it stop getting updates.
Updates and support5
Which Apple Watches get watchOS 27?
Every Apple Watch we track, by whether Apple’s watchOS 27 page lists it, with the last major version for the rest and other makers’ update dates.
built from 39 watches
Which iPhones get iOS 27?
Which iPhones list iOS 27, which retired models stopped short and at which version, and whether the iPhone 11 is still supported — from Apple’s records.
built from 55 phones
Which phones stop getting updates in 2026–27?
Every phone whose security updates end in 2026 or 2027, with the date, whether the maker committed to it, and the source — plus the phones with no date.
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When does my iPhone stop getting updates?
Apple has never published an end-of-support date for any iPhone. What the record shows, why "no more updates" means three things, and what UK law requires.
4 sources
Smartwatches10
Does the Apple Watch work with Android?
The answer for every Apple Watch we track, from Apple’s own compatibility sentence, and the watches that do pair with any Android phone.
built from 39 watches
Does the Galaxy Watch work with an iPhone?
The answer for every Galaxy Watch we track, from Samsung’s own compatibility sentence, and the watches that do pair with an iPhone.
built from 39 watches
Which smartwatch has the longest battery life?
Every smartwatch’s battery-life claim, longest first, in the maker’s own words and test conditions, with charge times — Apple, Samsung, Google, Garmin.
built from 39 watches
Which smartwatches can you swim with?
Every smartwatch’s water rating as the maker prints it — 50 m, 100 m, 5 ATM, 10 ATM — grouped by depth, with which also state a diving standard.
built from 39 watches
Which smartwatches have ECG and blood oxygen?
ECG, blood oxygen and skin temperature for every smartwatch we track, from each maker’s UK spec page — and where the maker says nothing either way.
built from 39 watches
Does the Pixel Watch work with Samsung phones?
Yes, with a caveat: the answer for every Pixel Watch we track, from Google’s own compatibility sentence, quoted and linked, and what needs a Pixel.
built from 39 watches
Which smartwatches work with Pixel phones?
Every smartwatch we track, sorted by whether it works with a Google Pixel phone, in full or with caveats, with the maker’s own words and source.
built from 39 watches
Which smartwatches work with Samsung phones?
Every smartwatch we track, sorted by whether it works with a Samsung Galaxy phone, in full or with caveats, with the maker’s own words and source.
built from 39 watches
Which smartwatches work with an iPhone?
Every smartwatch we track, sorted by whether it works with an iPhone, with the maker’s own compatibility sentence and its source on each.
built from 39 watches
Which smartwatches work with any Android phone?
Every smartwatch we track, sorted by whether it works with an Android phone of any make, and which need Google services, with the maker’s words.
built from 39 watches
Size and build6
Foldable phones compared: weight, IP, updates
Every foldable we track, lightest first, with its IP rating, battery, UK price and security-update date, each figure with its own source.
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Phone SAR values, sourced
Every phone’s published EU head SAR figure in W/kg, lowest first, with the body figure where the source gives one, and the phones with none.
built from 55 phones
Phone storage: sizes offered and microSD
The storage sizes each phone is sold in for the UK, largest first, and the phones with a microSD card slot — each from the maker’s spec page.
built from 55 phones
Smallest phones in the UK, measured
Every phone by height, weight, thickness and width, from the maker’s figures: the shortest, lightest, thinnest and narrowest, and the smallest screen.
built from 55 phones
Which phones are easiest to repair? EU ratings
Every phone’s EU energy-label repairability class, A to E, grouped by class with its source, and the phones that carry no class.
built from 55 phones
Which phones are waterproof? IP ratings compared
Every phone’s IP rating, grouped by rating, with the depth and time the maker tested to, the foldables, and the phones with no rating published.
built from 55 phones
Battery and charging4
How many charge cycles do phone batteries last?
Every phone’s rated charge cycles before the battery falls to 80% capacity, most first, from the EU energy label or the maker — and which have none.
built from 55 phones
Phone charging speeds: wired and wireless watts
Every phone’s wired and wireless charging wattage, highest first, the iPhones side by side, and which phones still have Lightning rather than USB-C.
built from 55 phones
Which phone has the longest battery life?
Every phone with an EU energy-label endurance figure, ranked, then every maker’s own video-playback claim — with a linked source on each and no score.
built from 55 phones
Should I replace my iPhone battery or upgrade?
Most "my phone is slow and dies by teatime" is a worn battery, not a worn-out phone. Apple UK charges £65 to £109 to fix it. Here is the arithmetic.
5 sources
Price and value3
How much value do phones lose? UK resale data
CeX’s used price against the maker’s UK price for every phone with both, with its age and by maker — one retailer’s prices, labelled and dated.
built from 55 phones
Phones under £300: new, used, update dates
Every phone you can buy for £300 or less, new at the maker’s UK price or used at CeX, cheapest first, with its security-update date.
built from 55 phones
What is my phone worth? CeX trade-in prices
CeX’s cash and voucher trade-in prices and used prices by grade for every phone it lists, dated — one shop’s prices on the day, not a valuation.
built from 55 phones
Connectivity2
Which UK networks support cellular smartwatches?
Every smartwatch we track: whether it comes in a cellular model, which UK networks list it for eSIM, and the cellular price where the maker gives one.
built from 39 watches
Which phones support eSIM in the UK?
Every phone’s SIM set-up in its UK wording: eSIM, physical SIM, two eSIMs, which are eSIM-only, and the iPhone SIM-tray question — sourced.
built from 55 phones
Screen, camera and speed3
Fastest phones: Geekbench and 3DMark, sourced
Geekbench 6, 3DMark Wild Life Extreme and AnTuTu scores, highest first, each linked to the published run — and the phones with no run on file.
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Which phones have optical zoom?
Every phone with a dedicated telephoto lens, by optical zoom, the ones that crop the main sensor instead, and main-camera megapixels and sensor size.
built from 55 phones
Which phones have 120 Hz displays?
Every phone in the catalogue with a published refresh-rate figure, grouped by band with its source, and the phones whose makers publish none.
built from 55 phones
Should I upgrade my…
One page per phone, built from the figures: whether it is still patched, what the newer one in its line changes by our thresholds, what other makers offer at the price, and what yours fetches today.
When does my … stop getting updates?
The maker’s published commitment where there is one, linked; for iPhones, what Apple has done with every model it has retired, and the years that pattern points to, labelled as the inference it is.