Re:Essential Phone, available now
by ocdtrekkie on Thursday August 17, 2017 @06:26PM
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Wanting long term support and Google software are contradictory requests.
Re:Essential Phone, available now
by on_and_off on Friday August 18, 2017 @06:09AM
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I wish that Google could start supporting that.
I am not that convinced that it is in their best interest though .. Last time I got saw numbers on this, non-geeks did not care at all about updates.
I know, but from an environmental perspective it would be nice to be confident that I could get a reasonable 4-year-life out of a new flagship phone, rather than going through rare earths and energy to make disposable 2-year phones.
Re:Essential Phone, available now
by on_and_off on Friday August 18, 2017 @05:39PM
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It would. On the plus side Google has invested a ton of effort this year into making this possible.
Project treble is a major platform change.
OEMs need to get onboard though.
I would love to see Google ship the Pixel 2 with a ten years support warranty.. that would show the way but I will believe it when it happens
yeah, I feel bad for taking a similar lifetime on my phones - I wish there was a company with the kind of reputation for craftsmanship and long-term support that Apple has that would offer stock Google Android devices.