Up to 1TB storage, Wi-Fi 7, and so much more
  • Cypress35z@feddit.deEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Isn’t that nice for the Pixel8. I wonder what’s holding them back do the same for older models with their chip. Like the Pixel6

    • TheMadnessKing@lemdro.idEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I remember reading an article few days ago about this. The gist is:

      • Google was not confident with Tensor 1 & 2 chips and didn’t want to burden itself with a hardware that was going to be difficult to support.
      • Previous iterations of Pixel had Qualcomm chips, and QC doesn’t support its chip for that long.
  • Diplomjodler@feddit.deEnglish
    21·
    1 year ago

    Funny how a single, relatively tiny company that tries to do things more ethically can move the entire industry. We really need more companies like Fairphone.

    • fartsparkles@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Apple has been doing 7 years of support for a while now since the XS and XR (i.e. since 2018). They get a lot of bad rep but they’ve been pretty impressive regarding software support.

      I’m eyeing up a Fairphone 5 for my new travel handset though (need something easily repaired by myself and that can take a beating) but I’m a little let down by only 5 years software support guaranteed. Fingers crossed it ends up more than 5 in reality - 2TB storage should mean it’ll be an amazing offline mapping device for years to come!

      • kib48@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Apple never really announced a commitment to supporting devices for 7 years though, it’s just something they happen to do

  • shiveyarbles@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    It’s hilarious how they market security updates as a limited time feature. These fuckers need to be regulated so badly.

    • Kogasa@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Software maintenance and updates cost money. Nobody reasonable would say you’re entitled to a lifetime of support for a piece of hardware you buy, unless you specifically pay for this service. The specific support lifetime that is cost-effective for the business and consumer depends on the product and the business, it’s not an easy target for regulation.

      7 years of security updates isn’t that bad for a phone.

  • Murvel@lemm.eeEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    Could they now?

    How about that they would and should?