Hopefully a blow to planned obsolescence
Commitment against planned obsolescence would be 20 years minimum.
20 years ago, no one owned a smart phone. And most people still didn’t have cell phones or a laptop.
20 years ago, no one owned a smart phone.
The handspring visor, one of the first smartphones, was released in 2000. I owned one, although a few years later and second hand.
It still works too, except the phone part is 1g only, so there’s no network for it any more.
Well, long before that the device would stop working. More important would be improved repairability. My current phone is in year 4 and the hardware is starting to die. But I can’t replace the battery or other parts that start breaking. 20 year software support means nothing without that hardware lasting that long.
In that regard I think 7 years is already plenty. If they pair that with easy to replace batteries and screens that would go a long way.
