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πŸƒ How Long Your Phone Will Be Supported by the Manufacturer πŸ“…

🌏 Intro

Recently I had the opportunity to participate to La Fresque du NumΓ©rique, organized here in New-Caledonia by Xavier LiΓ©nart

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During this session I learned a lot...

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I wanted to contribute. I thought that we were lacking some more interoperable datas, so I decided to contribute.

πŸ’‘ This post is about the project I chose to contribute is helpful... and used by GIZMODO πŸ™€

❔ About

As spotted today by GIZMODO:

Here’s How Long Your Phone Will Be Supported by the Manufacturer

How long will your phone be supported for? Here's how long Apple, Samsung and Google support phones with updates and security patches.

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There are some big questions round EoL (End of Life) considerations).

πŸͺ¦ "Phones don’t live forever"

Phones don’t live forever. They should live a lot longer than they do, but manufacturers typically won’t support a phone with updates for a long time, encouraging you to get a new one every three years.

🚧 How long might your phone be supported

So, how long might your phone be supported for with updates? When will it stop receiving software and security updates? Let’s break down phone support lifecycles from each major manufacturer.

🎯 What you'll learn

In this post, you'll see how endoflife.date can help a lot to answer these challenging questions... and how to go further.

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🎁 What's coming next : Fairphone

[Request - Product] πŸƒ Fairphone πŸ” #2338

❔ Full and short name of product

  • Long name: [Fairphone | The phone that cares for people and planet](https://www.fairphone.com/en/)
  • Full name: Fairphone
  • Short name: fairphone

⏳ Does this product have LTS versions?

  • No.

What are the intervals between each LTS version?**

Many years.

πŸ”— What is the website for the product and for its version information?

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