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The Fairphone 5 is less about what comes in the box and more about what you get over the years (www.theverge.com)
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Fairphone’s latest repairable device is for people who hate saying goodbye to an old smartphone more than they like buying a new one.

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[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not all components included will get security updates for as long as their OS will.

Agree that instant updates are not essential for many people, but you dont need 0days to abuse publicly disclosed vulnerabilities.

[–] Nobilmantis@feddit.it 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What components are you talking about? Can you provide some sort of source or reference or something? Are you maybe talking about the data modem?

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

Yes a lot of parts. The Kernel is made for that specific SOC and may not get updated.

Then you have various parts like the modem are made by Samsung, Broadcomm etc. and need their firmware updates.