Re:Essential Phone, available now
by panopticon on Thursday August 17, 2017 @09:08PM
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Note that it's a "guaranteed" date. Considering Android O works with Nexus 6P devices, I don't see them arbitrarily pulling the rug out from under us quite yet. I also don't imagine that any O point release will stop support either, so we'll likely see the 6P updated through the life of O.
That being said, three years seems like a ridiculously short "guaranteed support" lifetime... especially considering the iPhone 5 (released nearly 5 years ago) is losing support this year.
Re:Essential Phone, available now
by bitmapbrother on Thursday August 17, 2017 @11:25PM
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Well at least the 6P will get Android 8 and another year of security updates. Which is more than I can say for the rest of the Android phones not made by Google.
Re:Essential Phone, available now
by Brakenshire on Thursday August 17, 2017 @09:23PM
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Lineage OS works very well with the 6P, incidentally.
Lineage OS isn't a substitute for vendor support. Lineage is dependent on vendors for updated drivers and firmware blobs. So if there's a bug in the firmware, like the recent BCM43xx vulnerability, you are still SOL if the particular chip in your device is no longer supported by the vendor.
True, but I could imagine a situation where Lineage could work arond a bug in firmware and protect from it.
I have a Nexus 6P, and have to disagree on the hardware. I had to replace my battery to not have shutdown problems at about 25%. Also I also regularly see the need for 4gb or 6gb of memory instead of just 3gb.
The Nexus 6P is a perfect example of this:
https://m.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/01/google_eol_for_nexus_...
I've had mine a year and a half, and it doesn't even feel close to struggling with things. Performance is great.
Yet, it's going to be artificially deprived of the latest Android releases starting one month from now, and won't even receive security updates after September 2018. It's absurd.