How are these industry-leading policies when Fairphone, a much smaller company, is promising 5 android updates and 8 years of security updates? And it’s not like Fairphone doesn’t have a good track record AFAIK.
Fairphone is a leader in long time support, but it is a very very small and niche brand.
And, to be fair, they offered this for single model only so far. Track record is mixed: I saw people complain that Fairphone is very late with their updates.
That does not exempt them from leading the industry, though.
It does. The industry longer support time is currently driven by the industry leaders Xiaomi has to compete - Samsung, Google and Apple.
Oh, they’re definitively not perfect but update cycles is also not the sole things Faiphone is about.
Sure. I do not say that Fairphone is bad or anything like that. But comparing support time one should also consider update speed and wiality. It could happen that 4 years of OS update delivers more than 6 years in a real life.
Indeed. I live in reality and you live in a fantasy world
Personal attack? Nice!
Anyways, yes - I will stay in my “fantasy world” and will enjoy fast and long updates of my phone. Probably, our worlds will intersect when fairphone becomes visible outside of “others” in smartphone industry reports.
On the other hand, Samsung makes their own SoCs so they can choose how long to support (the models for certain markets models of) their phones. They could upstream Linux support for easy future capability if they wanted to.
How are these industry-leading policies when Fairphone, a much smaller company, is promising 5 android updates and 8 years of security updates? And it’s not like Fairphone doesn’t have a good track record AFAIK.
Fairphone is a leader in long time support, but it is a very very small and niche brand.
And, to be fair, they offered this for single model only so far. Track record is mixed: I saw people complain that Fairphone is very late with their updates.
That does not exempt them from leading the industry, though.
“The Redmi K60 Extreme Edition was launched in China last week. This update promise currently applies to this phone in China.”
The 2015 Fairphone 2 got a final bugfix update last March, so even without a formal announcement, they managed to achieve that.
Oh, they’re definitively not perfect but update cycles is also not the sole things Faiphone is about.
It does. The industry longer support time is currently driven by the industry leaders Xiaomi has to compete - Samsung, Google and Apple.
Sure. I do not say that Fairphone is bad or anything like that. But comparing support time one should also consider update speed and wiality. It could happen that 4 years of OS update delivers more than 6 years in a real life.
Btw, do you have a Fairphone?
It literally doesn’t.
Got it, for you fairphone leads the industry and xiaomi, tries to match it. It looks like we live in different worlds.
In long-term support of Android: Absolutely.
No, not even close.
Indeed. I live in reality and you live in a fantasy world where five full Android upgrades and eight years of bugfixes are not leading the industry.
Anyways, yes - I will stay in my “fantasy world” and will enjoy fast and long updates of my phone. Probably, our worlds will intersect when fairphone becomes visible outside of “others” in smartphone industry reports.
Have a nice day!
Tbf the Fairphone 5 uses a SoC that is specifically chosen for longer support.
On the other hand, Samsung makes their own SoCs so they can choose how long to support (the models for certain markets models of) their phones. They could upstream Linux support for easy future capability if they wanted to.