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Close, but no cigar. After 3 years or 2 major Android versions it still becomes an unsupported doorstop doomed to rot in a drawer until the owner throws it into
by squarefoot 4y ago
Close, but no cigar. After 3 years or 2 major Android versions it still becomes an unsupported doorstop doomed to rot in a drawer until the owner throws it into a landfill. I totally understand not wanting to put resources into supporting old products, so the punchline should have been "...and after support is ceased, we unlock the bootloader". Now that would have made it interesting.
- BLKNSLVR 4y agoBootloader should be unlockable, via a process that prevents accidentally doing it, from release. Custom ROM from day 1 may delay the need to replace the battery.
- hackernewds 4y agoadditionally > available for five years through ifixit this is not the win-win it's touted to being vs a high quality phone that just works for 5 years.