Xiaomi has promised four generations of Android updates and five years of security updates with MIUI on the Redmi K60 Extreme Edition.
  • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Fairphone is a leader in long time support, but it is a very very small and niche brand.

    That does not exempt them from leading the industry, though.

    And, to be fair, they offered this for single model only so far.

    “The Redmi K60 Extreme Edition was launched in China last week. This update promise currently applies to this phone in China.”

    The 2015 Fairphone 2 got a final bugfix update last March, so even without a formal announcement, they managed to achieve that.

    Track record is mixed: I saw people complain that Fairphone is very late with their updates.

    Oh, they’re definitively not perfect but update cycles is also not the sole things Faiphone is about.

    • gelberhut@lemdro.idEnglish
      45·
      1 year ago

      That does not exempt them from leading the industry, though.

      It does. The industry longer support time is currently driven by the industry leaders Xiaomi has to compete - Samsung, Google and Apple.

      Oh, they’re definitively not perfect but update cycles is also not the sole things Faiphone is about.

      Sure. I do not say that Fairphone is bad or anything like that. But comparing support time one should also consider update speed and wiality. It could happen that 4 years of OS update delivers more than 6 years in a real life.

      Btw, do you have a Fairphone?

        • gelberhut@lemdro.idEnglish
          21·
          1 year ago

          Got it, for you fairphone leads the industry and xiaomi, tries to match it. It looks like we live in different worlds.

          • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
            41·
            1 year ago

            for you fairphone leads the industry

            In long-term support of Android: Absolutely.

            and xiaomi, tries to match it.

            No, not even close.

            It looks like we live in different worlds.

            Indeed. I live in reality and you live in a fantasy world where five full Android upgrades and eight years of bugfixes are not leading the industry.

            • gelberhut@lemdro.idEnglish
              22·
              1 year ago

              Indeed. I live in reality and you live in a fantasy world Personal attack? Nice!

              Anyways, yes - I will stay in my “fantasy world” and will enjoy fast and long updates of my phone. Probably, our worlds will intersect when fairphone becomes visible outside of “others” in smartphone industry reports.

              Have a nice day!