Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime, Galaxy Note 8 removed from monthly security update list

But there’s some good news as well. Samsung has added two new products in the upgrade rollout list as well.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8

The more device you sell, more you have to maintain them over time. Samsung, like others, has been doing same since years for its handsets by issues regular updates. But at some point, products do reach their end of life and the company has to push it out from the update list. Galaxy Note 8, the flagship smartphone of 2018 is now moving out of the list. This means users of this product will no longer receive monthly security patches. 

But on the brighter part, it will still be updated on a quarterly basis. The second phone moving out from the list is the Galaxy J7 Prime, which came out almost 5 years ago around the same time as the original Google Pixel.

But there's some good news as well. Samsung has added two new products in the upgrade rollout list as well. The first is recently launched Samsung Galaxy S20 FE (Fan Edition) while the other one is Galaxy Tab Active3.

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The S20 FE launched in India this week itself. at Rs 49,999. It has a  6.5-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate and is powered by the Exynos 990 chipset paired with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. It comes in two more variants of 6GB+128GB and 8GB+256GB but Samsung hasn't launched these in India.

The smartphone sports a triple camera setup featuring a 12-megapixel primary sensor, 12-megapixel secondary sensor and an 8-megapixel telephoto lens. It also has a 32-megapixel front camera for selfies. Galaxy S20 FE is equipped with OIS, supports optical zoom up to 3x, and digital zoom up to 30x.

Samsung Galaxy S20 FE packs a 4,500mAh battery with support for 15W fast charging.