Six-year-old Fairphone 2 is getting Android 10

24 November 2021
That's impressive software support.

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Anonymous, 24 Nov 2021Software support is expensive. Unlike Apple, other do not... moreWell to be fair there are only at most 4 iPhones released per year unlike other phones that release like 20+ phones. So it's understandable that iPhones should have longer software support since they only need to develop for fewer models.

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    • 24 Nov 2021

    RealLifePhones, 24 Nov 2021Great they got a 2019 OS running on that just 3 years late 👌While one may mock them for that, the fact they even issued an update on 6 years old phone is commendable. Most big brand names drop support for their phones after just 2-3 years.

      Great they got a 2019 OS running on that just 3 years late 👌

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        • 24 Nov 2021

        Anonymous, 24 Nov 2021Software support is expensive. Unlike Apple, other do not... moreIf they didn't stop selling old phones, maybe they would still make money out of them. A lot of old phones still work perfectly with LineageOS. I have a Galaxy Note 4 of 2014, and it runs perfectly. It can be bought for 100$ and is far better than most other junk of new phones at this price. There are a lot of other high end phones cheap that runs perfectly.

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          Anonymous, 24 Nov 2021What about the big named companies? What is their excuse? L... moreSoftware support is expensive.
          Unlike Apple, other do not make money out of old phones.

          At this point Samsung no longer makes S21 series, but surely phones like iphone 11 is still being made at Foxconn. This is why Apple has 5-6 years support.
          Iphone 6 was still made in 2018, phone from 2014.

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            • 24 Nov 2021

            How long are they planning on supporting it or is this the last update?

              android 10 is from 2019 and this phone is from 2015 so the gap to this os is 4 years.

                This makes all those companies sound like a joke when they say that their phones cannot be updated anymore just after a few OS versions because of hardware limitations

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                  • 24 Nov 2021

                  Hey Samsung how are you ??!!!

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                    AviMan, 24 Nov 2021Where is iOS?It's an Android phone, and built for Android, it has nothing to do with Apple...

                    And no love for the Fairphone, would that be because it isn't flagship material ?. Well, at least it can boast at being one of the longest supported phones... :)

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                      AviMan, 24 Nov 2021Where is iOS?LOL, it's pretty obvious they wrote "for an Android device", ig 🙄

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                        • 24 Nov 2021

                        What about the big named companies? What is their excuse? Little to no aftersales support, even if just for security updates, since they release a new one weekly?

                          Where is iOS?

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