Android 10 stable release arrives for the 7-year-old Fairphone 2

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• The Fairphone 2 has received its stable Android 10 release.
• Fairphone kicked off its public Android 10 beta in November of last year.
• The company notes that the phone has so far received 7 years of software support.

Fairphone's mission is to build sustainable and ethical phones, and it stays true to that ethos. The company has finally released the stable version of Android 10 for the Fairphone 2 after months of beta testing.The company calls it an industry first for an Android phone as it marks the seventh year of providing software support for a device that launched in 2015 running Android 5 Lollipop. This means the legacy phone is now picking up its fourth Android upgrade since it skipped Android 8 Oreo.

That eclipses the three or four years of updates that many of the best Android phones typically get, despite their manufacturers' vast amounts of resources.It's essentially rare for any Android phone manufacturer to still be rolling out an OS update to its product six or more years after releasing it to the market. The only exception to that is, of course, Apple's iPhone lineup.Although getting an Android update that's two generations behind doesn't normally make you kick up your heels, it's still an impressive feat for a device that's powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset.However, it seems like Android 10 is the last upgrade for the Fairphone 2. Fairphone's software engineer, Bharath Prakash, noted that it would not be feasible to upgrade the device to Android 11 or 12 due to various hardware limitations and its Linux kernel version.

Fairphone's latest move provides reassurance for anyone thinking of buying the Fairphone 4, with hopes that it'll get the same kind of support period in the foreseeable future. In addition, the company is currently beta testing Android 11 for the Fairphone 3 and 3+.Meanwhile, Samsung might be following suit after promising four years of security updates and three generations of Android upgrades for its recent devices. The Google Pixel 6 series is also getting 5 years of Android software updates.

Here's hoping that this becomes the norm for the rest of the Android OEMs.

SHAME ON YOU SAMSUNG 

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🙃yeh konsa phone hai... Fairphone.....
koi roughphone ... notfairphone bhi kya.. ab👻👻😹

[Anonymous]

Ye ek modular phone hai. Jiske Har ek component ko replace/upgrade kar sakte ho except processor. Kuch kuch lava phone jaise lekin usse jyada parts to replace kar sakte ho. Matlab ye phone tabtak chalega jabtak tum isko chalana chaho. Companies jaan bhuj ke low quality component use karti hai taaki agar koi phone lambe samay ke liye use karna bhi chahe to bhi nahi kar payega. Iss issue ko fix krta hai fairphone, dono hardware and software wise.

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😳😳... pc jaise...
mtlb ..ram, harddrive, procesor ..ityaadi badal skte hai'n......
waah.... realy a Fairphone..🤣👏👏👏

[Anonymous]

Haan😂 tumne pure paise de ke pura phone liya hai to jo chaho vo karo.😂

[RanitKhan]

Fairphone 2 users are probably still living under a rock...

[Anonymous]

I don't think so as there isn't any groundbreaking innovation ( besides that top chin and under display camera) in tech from the past 4 to 5 years. Also, you're getting up to date in terms of software.

[RanitKhan]

Yeah but I doubt that phone can't handle modern apps made & optimised for latest SOCs

[Anonymous]

Hmm. I was just using LG K7i, a 4000 rs device just a year ago. It had entry level mediatek processor and 2 GB ram. Apps just worked fine for it except heating and some lags. Also, it's kernal was unmodified and it was a non rooted device. Another LYF WIND 4S, with SD 210, with modified kernal, worked super smooth for me. So, I think if the company optimise the device, it won't be a issue. Also, it had the flagship processor of that time. So, I don't think it would be a problem.

[Sid_Karna]

I think it's easy to do that when your company has got only one or two models and less than 2 lakhs devices sold worldwide. However still appreciate the fact that they are catering to their niche customers after all these years.