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Linux-based postmarketOS project aims to give smartphones a 10-year lifecycle - Liliputing

Accepted submission by MrPlow at 2017-08-17 02:37:29
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MrPlow [soylentnews.org] writes:

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Buy an iPhone and you might get 4-5 years of official software updates. Android phones typically get 1-3 years of updates… if they get any updates at all. But there are ways to breathe new life into some older Android phones. If you can unlock the bootloader, you may be able to install a custom …

Source: https://liliputing.com/2017/08/linux-based-postmarketos-project-aims-give-smartphones-10-year-lifecycle.html [liliputing.com]

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