In fact they say that, but what they don't tell is why the phone was launch with Android 7.1.1 instead of Android 8 since this version of Android was already available since 21/08/2017. The Galaxy S9 which was launch in the same month, just a few days later, came with Android 8.
If Samsung wants to captivate people to buy they products, they should think seriously about this because, not everyone have the money or need to buy an 1000 €/ £ / $ smartphone, for example this upper-midrange phone has an excellent quality and performance, just missing the last gen hardware and premium material of his time, left for the S9. And doing this to an upper-midrange phone is just proving the point that the only people that matter to them are the Flagship buyers.
