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
    531·
    1 year 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·
      1 year 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·
        1 year 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·
          1 year 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.