End of life
This phoneno longer gets security updates.
Support ended February 2026. Running it now means no new security patches.
The facts
- Status
- End of life
- Security support ended
- February 21, 2026
- Feature updates through
- October 6, 2025
- Released
- January 29, 2021
- Operating system
- Android
- Category
- Phone
Feature updates (new Android versions & functionality) stop before security patches do. Your phone stays patched against threats until the later date.
Time to consider a replacement
This phone no longer receives security updates. See current phones with the longest remaining support.
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