▲ 385 ▼ Fairphone 5 Released (shop.fairphone.com) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by baseless_discourse@mander.xyz to c/technology@beehaw.org 194 comments fedilink hide all child comments With 5 years of OS support and 8 years of security update. Related threads: https://lemmy.world/post/4130880 https://lemmy.world/post/4129394 https://feddit.nl/post/2555704
[–] gelberhut@lemdro.id 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) Samsung offers 4 years of os updates for many phones and watches. And news reported that pixel 8 will have better. If I recall correctly, Xiaomi recently declared the same for some of their phones. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) There's a clear trajectory where this is heading. From 2027 the EU will enforce replaceable batteries and it looks like some other markets might follow. Software support duration is increasing a lot as well. I wouldn't be surprised if you'd get most of the Fairphone's benefits on a regular Samsung in a few years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago Well...aside from the fair supply chain, liveable wages, humane working conditions, environment footprint... permalink fedilink source parent [–] gelberhut@lemdro.id 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes, very realistic scenario. TBF, I cannot remember if I ever upgraded a phone due to the battery issuses. So, for me personally, replaceable battery is not a significant benefit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago Happens if you run a phone for long enough ^^ permalink fedilink source parent [–] ripcord@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) 4 years including security updates though right? If that's the flcase then fairphone's doing 8 years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gelberhut@lemdro.id 3 points 2 years ago No really. Samsung offers 4 years of os updates and 5 years of security updates. Samsung releases os updates really fast, so 5 years basically means 5 os versions. Fairhone declares 5 os versions and 8 years of software support. Fairphone users here mentioned that fairphone is very slow with updates, so it could happen that 5 os versions really will take 8 years. If Fairphone will keep same cadence as Samsung, its 5 os versions can be coverted into 5 years. But we have a bit of apples vs oranges here. I personally find samsung's policy good enough for majority of users. I expect that I will upgrade my phone every 3 - 5 years for different unpredictable today reasons anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) There's a clear trajectory where this is heading. From 2027 the EU will enforce replaceable batteries and it looks like some other markets might follow. Software support duration is increasing a lot as well. I wouldn't be surprised if you'd get most of the Fairphone's benefits on a regular Samsung in a few years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago Well...aside from the fair supply chain, liveable wages, humane working conditions, environment footprint... permalink fedilink source parent [–] gelberhut@lemdro.id 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes, very realistic scenario. TBF, I cannot remember if I ever upgraded a phone due to the battery issuses. So, for me personally, replaceable battery is not a significant benefit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago Happens if you run a phone for long enough ^^ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago Well...aside from the fair supply chain, liveable wages, humane working conditions, environment footprint... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gelberhut@lemdro.id 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes, very realistic scenario. TBF, I cannot remember if I ever upgraded a phone due to the battery issuses. So, for me personally, replaceable battery is not a significant benefit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago Happens if you run a phone for long enough ^^ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago Happens if you run a phone for long enough ^^ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ripcord@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) 4 years including security updates though right? If that's the flcase then fairphone's doing 8 years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gelberhut@lemdro.id 3 points 2 years ago No really. Samsung offers 4 years of os updates and 5 years of security updates. Samsung releases os updates really fast, so 5 years basically means 5 os versions. Fairhone declares 5 os versions and 8 years of software support. Fairphone users here mentioned that fairphone is very slow with updates, so it could happen that 5 os versions really will take 8 years. If Fairphone will keep same cadence as Samsung, its 5 os versions can be coverted into 5 years. But we have a bit of apples vs oranges here. I personally find samsung's policy good enough for majority of users. I expect that I will upgrade my phone every 3 - 5 years for different unpredictable today reasons anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gelberhut@lemdro.id 3 points 2 years ago No really. Samsung offers 4 years of os updates and 5 years of security updates. Samsung releases os updates really fast, so 5 years basically means 5 os versions. Fairhone declares 5 os versions and 8 years of software support. Fairphone users here mentioned that fairphone is very slow with updates, so it could happen that 5 os versions really will take 8 years. If Fairphone will keep same cadence as Samsung, its 5 os versions can be coverted into 5 years. But we have a bit of apples vs oranges here. I personally find samsung's policy good enough for majority of users. I expect that I will upgrade my phone every 3 - 5 years for different unpredictable today reasons anyway. permalink fedilink source parent