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Fairphone guarantees 8 years of updates for the Fairphone 5.
by Contortion 2y ago
Fairphone guarantees 8 years of updates for the Fairphone 5.
- Derbasti 2y agoNot to diminish Fairphone's accomplishments here, but beginning in 2025, the EU mandates five years of software updates for all phones sold in the EU.
- creole_wither 2y agoFrom looking at their website, that is 8 years of software updates. Not 8 years of Android version updates. Apple has released security updates for 10 year old devices such as iOS 12.5.7 which released in 2023 and runs on iPhone 5s.
- Pfeil 2y agoFP5 owner here. IIRC, this is a guarantee for security updates at least, yes. There was some promise on how many major android updates they guarantee I think, but I forgot the details. I also wonder if and how far the promised minimum will be exceeded. That said, I am just glad Fairphones are usually relatively well covered by open source versions of android and other operating systems. Even if I may need another phone for banking apps and all that annoying stuff in 2030 or so, I can at least safely re-use it for other purposes. My "old" Android is now nothing more than an offline mp3 player, which is kinda sad.