5 years is not enough these days, smartphones can live longer than that. But that’s a good start.
Much better than the fucking 2 years of many Android phones. That’s 2 years from launch, not from when you buy which could be one year in.
I can’t remember the last time I bought a phone that was made less than 5 years ago. This is a joke
5 years after end of sales. Thats better than anything currently on the market.
EU obliges manufacturers to provide updates for 5 years after the end of sale
I wonder how small manufacturers are going to do the 5 years of updates. I mean the brands that typically get no updates at all.
Without more detail we can’t really speculate. Who decides what sort of update is required?
Libre OSes do, what, 20 years? With volunteers
I guess security only and once a year, if anything. It’s going to be hard to enforce.
Even big OEM usually do slow updates after 2 years.
Proudly rocking my 7 year old phone.
I’d still be using my 2017 Moto G5s Plus if it weren’t for the dead battery and mostly gone (soldered-on) USB port.
It was fine with PixelExperience ROM, and I am sure I could still get something good onto it. But, it is what it is, an e-waste slab. I’ve run the battery down to 2 hours of standby time and the micro USB only works with very few cables at this point.
I do miss the 16:9 and separate navigation via the front fingerprint scanner.
Same, writihg this from Poco F1.
Coul have been the Galaxy S3 (12 years) but that didn’t boot anymore after the full case & body replacement. 😟
From this date, manufacturers will have to provide operating system and security updates for every smartphone or tablet for five years after the end of sales.
OS updates too? That’s interesting.
I would’ve been fine with 2 years of security updates after 3 years of OS updates. OS updates do include security features but security updates are more important to the average consumer. Most people won’t know what version of Android they are on. Most people wouldn’t know if their 7 year old iPhone is no longer receiving updates.
