Bloved Madman to Google PixelEnglish • 1 year agoNew phone... What are the chances of this surviving until 2030?imagemessage-square135arrow-up1209arrow-down133
arrow-up1176arrow-down1imageNew phone... What are the chances of this surviving until 2030?Bloved Madman to Google PixelEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square135
minus-square@mlglinkEnglish4•1 year agoBy then Android will have gone through 10 yearly API level updates. Assuming no OS competitor appears (which I really hope it does) it’ll probably last 5 years if you keep it in a good condition. But if you actually use it daily like a normal phone, then probably much less. Google will drop support quickly for the next lineup, and they probably won’t even bother with any bugfixes after a year and half.
By then Android will have gone through 10 yearly API level updates.
Assuming no OS competitor appears (which I really hope it does) it’ll probably last 5 years if you keep it in a good condition.
But if you actually use it daily like a normal phone, then probably much less.
Google will drop support quickly for the next lineup, and they probably won’t even bother with any bugfixes after a year and half.