•  frogman [he/him]   ( @frogman@beehaw.org ) 
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    1 year ago

    the problem isn’t that they dont “support” older models, it’s that the support is purely for show. they aren’t receiving the chip OEM updates and they also aren’t rolling out support for android releases. even the FP4, which launched right before android 12 launched, was stuck on android 11 for a worrying length of time. CalyxOS, a group of FOSS developers, ended up making the android 12 port for them. fairphone shouldn’t be taken seriously on their product support length claims. you will not be receiving some of the most important updates. this should be important to any of security conscious readers.

    edit: grammar fix

    edit 2: got the android version wrong 🤦‍♂️

    • Great to know. Thanks for the info. I had a phone before that was stuck for 8 months without security or Android updates. It was frustrating and that company specifically promised 3 years of updates…they made it to 1 year on that device. I feel like there are lots of tech conscious people that jump on the FP without doing enough research and then they are severely disappointed.