The latest blog post about longevity sounds like a joke to me. The last Fairphone 2s were sold in March 2019 and got security updates until December same year , i. e. for 10 month! How is that sustainable?

Spare parts are still being sold and Android 9 for FP2 is currently in beta.

Android 7 is no longer supported by Google. Thus no security updates will be available for Nougat. Fairphone is developing an Android 9 update that will allow for more years of security updates. Since Android 8 is still supported we can expect Android 9 to be for some time. But upgrading to Android …

In addition to what already was said I think any hardware lifespan is shorter when you buy just before EOS. And you also have to have in mind that first FP2 devices were shipped in 12/15.

It’s great they work on Android 9 and if it comes I’ll take my critique back, but the Android 7 end-of-support date probably was no secret and I think it’s not too harsh to say that despite the (previously known) problems an update should already have come. Sure, other manufacturers may be even wors…

If you’re tech-savvy enough you can join the beta group and already use Android on a FP2 now.

If I understand correctly, they only have a beta version of Fairphone OS, but I’m running Fairphone Open.

That’s correct. Instead of FP open you could consider to use LineageOS or /e/OS. They’re available in Android major version 9 or 10.

Fairphone Open should join at a later stage IIRC. Their priority is Fairphone OS.

What’s the difference between LinageOS, /e/ and Fairphone Open and what makes it easier for them to support newer Android versions on the same hardware?

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Volker November 5, 2020, 10:29am 16

You might even build your Fairphone open version 9 yourself now:

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