Google says it’ll support Pixel 8 series with seven years of Android updates
www.theverge.com
Two seven-year smartphones.

Now this is nice. Hopefully 3rd party manufacturers can also provide a longer life span for the device.

  • @baatliwala@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52•9 months ago

    Start of an era for Android hopefully, especially with EU’s replaceable batteries law coming up. This is what OEMs should copy and not dumb shit done by Apple.

    • @signs23@feddit.deEnglish
      5•9 months ago

      Wasnt the law that you could still build not replacable batteries because of water resistance?

      I would love to have that option back again, since batteries are the main part why phones die right now.

      • @forgeddit@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        5•9 months ago

        Especially frustrating when Samsung already built phones with replaceable batteries AND water resistance. (The IP rating was lower though)

        I hope there is a high rating limit, so they can’t just add “survises a droplet” as reason to not have a replaceable battery.

        • @signs23@feddit.deEnglish
          1•9 months ago

          I guess there is also the problem with glas and how seemles everything should be. I remember that plastic cases were easy to open. Now we have to remove glue to get it open. I still dont understand with those glass backsides… i think nearly everyone uses a case.

          I dont even care for that water resistance, as soon water gets in, there is no warranty for it. I think i saw that apple still puts some water sticker inside the phone, to see if water destroyed it.