From June 20: EU gives smartphones a repairability label and requires 5 years of guaranteed updates
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5 years is not enough these days, smartphones can live longer than that. But that's a good start.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Much better than the fucking 2 years of many Android phones. That's 2 years from launch, not from when you buy which could be one year in.
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Unihertz never updates their phones. It's amazing, fairly repairable hardware, but software support is terrible.
It's sad. They could let the community handle it, but they won't.
This. I was going to buy one on kickstarter, but their reply on planned updates wasn't reassuring.
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Proudly rocking my 7 year old phone.
Same, writihg this from Poco F1.
Coul have been the Galaxy S3 (12 years) but that didn't boot anymore after the full case & body replacement.
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From this date, manufacturers will have to provide operating system and security updates for every smartphone or tablet for five years after the end of sales.
OS updates too? That's interesting.
I would've been fine with 2 years of security updates after 3 years of OS updates. OS updates do include security features but security updates are more important to the average consumer. Most people won't know what version of Android they are on. Most people wouldn't know if their 7 year old iPhone is no longer receiving updates.
