Samsung for the longest time was releasing updates way too late, and what they were releasing monthly was old patches.

Buying a device directly from Samsung may be different, but the manufacturer still has to usually convert the pure android update to their branch.

Still, trying to find a pure android phone is important. More manufacturers used to make them.

Example: https://www.androidauthority.com/best-smartphones-stock-andr...

> pure android phone

Do these even exist? Last phones I'm aware about were Android One program, but it ended years ago.

The link suggests Google Pixel, but it's not pure android phone, it's full of Google junk software.