Post #1358269

2026-03-02 19:06 UTC

My biggest concern is the life cycle of the device. I almost went with Motorola for my last phone, but saw that you were lucky to get 3 years of OS updates. Is that likely to be better on GrapheneOS? If so, that is a huge win imo. If not, it still isn't ideal because I don't want to have to buy a new phone every 2 years...

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@huggingstars@programming.dev 2026-03-02 21:49

GrapheneOS was claiming 5-year support IIRC. Apple level support is infeasible. Not sure how affordable longer firmware support from Qualcomm is.

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@Willdrick@lemmy.world 2026-03-03 02:16

Thats the trick, when a company supports romming, you can extend the support for however long you want!

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@LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 2026-03-02 21:17

Why do you think they are $300-500? I don't care about "only" 3 years of updates if i don't have to spend $1300 on a friggin cellphone.

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@Luffy879@lemmy.ml 2026-03-02 21:10

Reading the original press release might be a good Start Their Thinkphones pretty much always had good update policy Almost like you cant really sell a 100€ device and expect it to be optimised like a mid range

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@Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2026-03-02 19:58

> but saw that you were lucky to get 3 years of OS updates. fucking great, less enshittification when they stop shoving the updates down your throat.

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