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Faiphone sold around 120,000 devices last year, up from around 88,000 in 2021 and 23,000 in 2018. I'm sure there's a Linux-based phone somewhere that will be updated until the end of time :)), but is it really relevant when nobody has ever heard about it?
For me, more than 3 years does not make sense. Modern phones get old too fast. After 3 years they either fail or their battery is very weak. They also become too slow and buggy. Which of you is using a 3-year-old or older phone? 10% or less. if the phone is still alive, it is given to the children or grandparents. They don't install updates. They are absolutely against it because the changes confuse them. It is better to work more on optimizing the new current models.
Fairphone only retails in Europe and here most people know what brand it is. And they have bigger impact on your favorite brands than you might think. Most new EU laws concerning smartphones stems from Fairphone practices. Right-to-repair, spare-parts-availability, 5year software updates for everyone etc, thats now forcing the big international dragons to involuntary change their entire businessmodels. Man, just give some recognition to trend-setting brands no matter how small they might be.
There is actually no reason to have a new OS release each year. Both iOS and Android are stable now, with addition of new meaningful features decreasing with each version. We can have OS upgrades similar to Windows. The major versions are spaced 7 to 8 years apart with biannual minor upgrades. We can have a major upgrade every 2-3 years and minor upgrade every quarter. This way users can have new features every quarter and the OEMs can also support the devices for longer(no changes to APIs for major version).
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Faiphone sold around 120,000 devices last year, up from around 88,000 in 2021 and 23,000 in 2018. I'm sure there's a Linux-based phone somewhere that will be updated until the end of time :)), but is it really relevant when nobody has ever heard about it?
For me, more than 3 years does not make sense. Modern phones get old too fast. After 3 years they either fail or their battery is very weak. They also become too slow and buggy. Which of you is using a 3-year-old or older phone? 10% or less. if the phone is still alive, it is given to the children or grandparents. They don't install updates. They are absolutely against it because the changes confuse them. It is better to work more on optimizing the new current models.
android peaked , any update now is just some gimmick that will make 0 difference in user experience , should get at least security patches
Fairphone only retails in Europe and here most people know what brand it is. And they have bigger impact on your favorite brands than you might think. Most new EU laws concerning smartphones stems from Fairphone practices. Right-to-repair, spare-parts-availability, 5year software updates for everyone etc, thats now forcing the big international dragons to involuntary change their entire businessmodels. Man, just give some recognition to trend-setting brands no matter how small they might be.
There is actually no reason to have a new OS release each year. Both iOS and Android are stable now, with addition of new meaningful features decreasing with each version. We can have OS upgrades similar to Windows. The major versions are spaced 7 to 8 years apart with biannual minor upgrades. We can have a major upgrade every 2-3 years and minor upgrade every quarter. This way users can have new features every quarter and the OEMs can also support the devices for longer(no changes to APIs for major version).