There was HD2 in the past, but now there is Fairphone 2? Fairphone has officially announced the launch of Fairphone 2’s Android 10 beta program. It is expected to officially launch the seventh-year system update for this phone early next year. At the same time, Fairphone 3 and 3+ will also start Android 11 beta testing.
Fairphone aims to launch mobile phone products based on the concept of sustainable operation. Through modular design, most of the hardware of the mobile phone can be replaced or even upgraded by consumers. Although Android 10 is already two generations ago, it is a system. But considering that Fairphone 2 was launched in 2015, it was upgraded from Android 5 to Android 10 all the way, and the update was officially launched. The system maintenance will enter the seventh year, which is no other Android manufacturer.
In addition, Fairphone 3 and 3+ will also start the upgrade of Android 11 this week. The fourth-generation Fairphone 4 this year has also added 5G connectivity in response to the market trend. It also implements the modular concept and provides five years of Software and hardware warranty. At present, only Google and Samsung can provide software warranty companies that are comparable to Fairphone.
▲ Fairphone released a video earlier this year, explaining how Fairphone achieves long-term update support and its difficulties.
Fairphone once stated that the biggest obstacle to the update is the support of hardware drivers. For example, the S801 processor platform used in Fairphone 2, Qualcomm stopped supporting after Android 6. If the difficulty of maintaining the system is greatly increased, the subsequent driver Fairphone chooses to Open source project Leonge and Linux are co-developed.
Our 6-yr-old Fairphone 2 is being upgraded to Android 10. That’s 7 years of software support! An industry first for an Android device! ???? Together with the open source community we built the operating system. Proving it is possible to put sustainability at the heart of tech. ???? pic.twitter.com/TuUjJWTi5J
– Fairphone (@Fairphone) November 23, 2021
Fairphone was established in the Netherlands in 2013, and the R&D team has a deep relationship with Taiwan. In addition to the modularization of the product itself, which is convenient for upgrading and maintenance, the materials used are also from fair trade, environmental friendliness, and recycling as much as possible. The price is high, but it was not until 2020 that Fairphone sales had grown by 87%, and it was only profitable for the first time since 2014.
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