Final week the Fairphone 4, initially launched in Europe again in 2021, lastly made it to the US, though in an altered software program type, ‘de-Googled’ as they are saying.
Immediately the sustainable smartphone firm is within the information once more, this time associated to its earlier fashions, the Fairphone 3, which was launched in 2019, and the Fairphone 3+ from 2020 . Fairphone says it could not ship Android 12 to those units as a result of the chipset producer (Qualcomm) did not help that for the Snapdragon 632 inside.
#Android13 is now out there for Fairphone 3 and three+ 🎉 pic.twitter.com/vmFxtXtHAE
— Fairphone (@Fairphone) July 10, 2023
So, Fairphone’s “wonderful inner workforce” has now taken over software program help for the system and delivered Android 13 for each fashions, skipping Android 12 altogether. Fairphone’s purpose is to help every of its telephones for no less than 5 years after launch, which suggests the Fairphone 3’s window expires subsequent 12 months.
We goal to help Fairphone 3 for no less than 5 years after launch 📱, offering software program updates till the tip of August 2024. However since longevity is one in every of our core values, we goal for two additional years of help, taking us to 2026! 🌿
— Fairphone (@Fairphone) July 10, 2023
That stated, the software program workforce is now “aiming” to really add two additional years of help to the Fairphone 3, thus taking the final replace into 2026. That will be fairly a feat for the modular system, and nice information for its homeowners undoubtedly, supplied they have not already switched to one thing that is not powered by the Snapdragon 632 SoC.
