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Re:Phone received 7 straight years of software updates, best... by jdmg94 on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @05:20PM (#35062077)
* press F to doubt *
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Re:Phone received 7 straight years of software updates, best... by dngray on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @12:39AM (#35065638)
What I'm surprised to not see here is no mention of firmware updates. The Fairphones still use Qualcomm SoCs which only receive 2Y firmware updates.

I wonder how they get code to "Qualcomm closed-source components".

That means only the software side would be receiving the 7 years. Seems I'm not the only one who has wondered that https://twitter.com/DanielMicay/status/1444035302822223872

tbh, seems like false marketing, Samsung and Apple support their SoC firmware for that full support period.

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