• Devgard@lemmy.worldM
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      1 year ago

      I think it’s because Fairphone is offering 5 years OS + extra 3 security to make 8, and not just 8 OS/security updates

      • sv1sjp@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        No, Fairphone has a Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC, as a result they cannot in practice provide vendor updates for more than 5 years. They will just “increase” the version number and just provide typical android security patches.

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          They used a special SoC that gets support from qualcomm for 15 years.