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Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves - This sustainable smartphone aims to reduce global electronic waste (www.bbc.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

modern phones last 4-5+ years.

Well, the security updates on Android don't because Qualcomm kill support by not signing updates anymore. Hence why this phone is using an obscure "embedded long life" chip from Qualcomm.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

depends on the brand, my samsung will get 3 more android updates (already got one) and 4 more years of security updates

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