4 ms·

Android tablets are probably part of the problem. I still use my Sony Z3 Compact tablet. It is thin, waterproof, supports a SIM and SD card. I have never fou

by dade_ 6y ago

Android tablets are probably part of the problem. I still use my Sony Z3 Compact tablet. It is thin, waterproof, supports a SIM and SD card. I have never found a good replacement, though I'd like to. I mostly use it for reading ebooks and Pocket and RSS feeds so it handles the tasks well, but no upgrades, eventually it will need a new battery and now I see root certs are built in guaranteed obsolescence (like on the iPod touch). Unfortunately I can't find any high quality Android tablets as manufacturers have relegated Android tablets to the price sensitive consumer demographic. And iPad mini isn't waterproof. It also works well with older Bluetooth BLE devices that won't connect with my newer Android phones.

1-6 6y ago
Glad you've stated this because going forward, software generally gets deprecated more often than maintained (I'm sure there are a few rare cases). Our hardware is very intertwined with software, so we toss out perfectly good hardware because it isn't running the latest firmware. Can manufacturers allow late-stage open source rom conversions on smart devices and allow the community to keep supporting legacy systems?
- M277 6y ago
  Yup. My father has an old Galaxy Note 3 Neo (Dual Sim edition). That particular model never got any updates at all, so it was stuck on the release Android 4.3. While it's old, it actually fulfills all his needs very well and he has little need for a newer phone... but he can't get new apps, because all of them require at least Android 5.0 (regular Note 3 / Note 3 Neo Single Sim got the update to 5, but not the dual sim). And the applications that are already on the device (Google stuff) actually no longer gets updates, and occasionally pops up "This version is too old! You have to update!" warnings that he can do nothing about..
  - stjohnswarts 6y ago
    Any reason you can't hook him up with lineage OS?
    - M277 6y ago
      Couldn't find one for the dual sim version. :(

by dade_ 6y ago

1-6 6y ago

Glad you've stated this because going forward, software generally gets deprecated more often than maintained (I'm sure there are a few rare cases). Our hardware is very intertwined with software, so we toss out perfectly good hardware because it isn't running the latest firmware. Can manufacturers allow late-stage open source rom conversions on smart devices and allow the community to keep supporting legacy systems?

M277 6y ago
Yup. My father has an old Galaxy Note 3 Neo (Dual Sim edition). That particular model never got any updates at all, so it was stuck on the release Android 4.3. While it's old, it actually fulfills all his needs very well and he has little need for a newer phone... but he can't get new apps, because all of them require at least Android 5.0 (regular Note 3 / Note 3 Neo Single Sim got the update to 5, but not the dual sim). And the applications that are already on the device (Google stuff) actually no longer gets updates, and occasionally pops up "This version is too old! You have to update!" warnings that he can do nothing about..
- stjohnswarts 6y ago
  Any reason you can't hook him up with lineage OS?
  - M277 6y ago
    Couldn't find one for the dual sim version. :(