Re:The environmental impact of technology devices is getting...
by Vinnl on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @04:54PM
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Coincidentally they just made some announcements on that [0].
> Right now, we’re hard at work to get Android 7.1 “Nougat” into the hands of existing and new Fairphone 2 users this summer.
Unfortunately:
> Now, you may be wondering, “why not Android 8, ‘Oreo’?”. Android 8 and 9 are entirely new levels of complexity from Android 7, far more different than 7 was to 6. Therefore, attempting the upgrade to 7 was the best option.
> Right now, we’re hard at work to get Android 7.1 “Nougat” into the hands of existing and new Fairphone 2 users this summer.
Unfortunately:
> Now, you may be wondering, “why not Android 8, ‘Oreo’?”. Android 8 and 9 are entirely new levels of complexity from Android 7, far more different than 7 was to 6. Therefore, attempting the upgrade to 7 was the best option.
[0] https://www.fairphone.com/en/2018/05/08/keeping-your-phone-l...