Fairphone 3 extends guaranteed Android software support to 7 years

[Jan]

This Android smartphone is getting 7 years of updates

Fairphone has extended Android update support for the Fairphone 3 series to seven years, offering the longest OS support on any phone.

The announcement came as part of the company's rollout of Android 13 on the Fairphone 3 and Fairphone 3+.

 

[Dolby]

@backstreetboy isn't support the biggest thing in your life ?

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

I want this phone!!! wish they would sell it locally in SA.
literally cant think of a more perfect Android Phone, wish all phones were built this way.

 

[backstreetboy]

@backstreetboy isn't support the biggest thing in your life ?

Can you buy the phone here?

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Can you buy the phone here?

unfortunately not, don't even ship to our Sh1th0le country.

 

[Dolby]

Can you buy the phone here?

If you could, would you ditch iOS as the support is the greatest of any phone on the market today?

 

[Sapphiron]

This phone and a framework laptop.

Would solve so many of our procurement and management headaches as an MSP.

 

[redspark]

unfortunately not, don't even ship to our Sh1th0le country.

That's not fair

 

[genetic]

I want this phone!!! wish they would sell it locally in SA.
literally cant think of a more perfect Android Phone, wish all phones were built this way.

Why do you want such an ancient phone? The phone is already 4 years old, and runs on the already low-end 5 year old Snapdragon 632.

Also increasing their software support to 7 years, doesn't mean you get a new Android version each year, and they're slow with their updates;

While seven years of updates is incredible, the one thing you could ding Fairphone for is that the updates don't arrive at a regular cadence. The company actually skipped Android 12 to deliver Android 13. Monthly security updates probably don't arrive that regularly either.

Fairphone 3 gets seven years of updates, besting every other Android OEM

Fairphone proves the usual excuses for ending Android support aren't valid.

arstechnica.com

 

[ronz91]

Why do you want such an ancient phone? The phone is already 4 years old, and runs on the already low-end 5 year old Snapdragon 632.

Also increasing their software support to 7 years, doesn't mean you get a new Android version each year, and they're slow with their updates;

Fairphone 3 gets seven years of updates, besting every other Android OEM

Fairphone proves the usual excuses for ending Android support aren't valid.

arstechnica.com

I would guess they want the latest 1 to receive as long a support as poss

 

[backstreetboy]

Why do you want such an ancient phone? The phone is already 4 years old, and runs on the already low-end 5 year old Snapdragon 632.

Also increasing their software support to 7 years, doesn't mean you get a new Android version each year, and they're slow with their updates;

Fairphone 3 gets seven years of updates, besting every other Android OEM

Fairphone proves the usual excuses for ending Android support aren't valid.

arstechnica.com

The article writer didn't use the device or got first hand experience from someone that does as usual.

Edit: I take issue with the sentence in the article:
Monthly security updates probably don't arrive all that regularly either.
Up until now they did: I used to get Android 11 security updates every 2nd month with a patch level of 1-2 months before. Not sure how that compares to other vendors, but to me it seemed quite regular.

 

[Dolby]

The article writer didn't use the device or got first hand experience from someone that does as usual.

He seems very unsure if it doesn't know for sure ?

Monthly security updates probably don't arrive that regularly either

 

[upup]

And how long does the battery last