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I don't think it can be done. Not really. The hardware can be done. But once the manufacturer stops selling the phone, the number of users starts dwindling, and
by Arnt 4y ago
I don't think it can be done. Not really. The hardware can be done. But once the manufacturer stops selling the phone, the number of users starts dwindling, and porting a new version of the OS to an old device can be hard work, depending on what the OS changes.
At some point porting new versions of the OS will no longer make sense given the remaining user base, and I find it really difficult to believe that that point will only be reached after >10 years.
- 7speter 4y agoIn notebook land, theres Framework, whose making totally repairable and upgradeable laptops, and so far they even released alderlake upgrades for their first model, iirc. Hopefully the notion of keeping a given frame and upgrading it as you need it for years at a time catches on, and hopefully that can all spread to phones, especially as the phone market matures.
- Arnt 4y agoA few people are trying for phones too. Fairphone pushed an upgrade earlier this year for the Fairphone 2, which is six years old. Very respectable. It's Android 10 though, not 12, which makes me wonder whether they have run into the same issues as the Lineageos people (see https://lineageos.org/Changelog-26/ https://lineageos.org/Changelog-26/ for details) and that even with their dedication, Fairphone will stop before a decade has passed.
- Arnt 4y ago(Invective.) I think my phone is breaking down. Not yet five years old. (Invective Invective invective.)