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this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2026
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A place to share practical, durable and quality made products that are made to last, with an emphasis on upcycled and sustainable products!
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A normal phone lasts about 7 years (pixel and iPhone update life)
Generally after that its not supported, even tho you could use the phone in an insecure state, but at that point I don't see why. Phones are simply not that fragile, and if you let it fall in salt water you have to change the whole phone probably.
Same problem with fairphone: They have replaceable parts, but even day 1 you can't say it would be secure in any way, and about 3 years in they just stop supporting it software side.
Even framework is only this good because they only have to manage the firmware and not the Linux install, former of which is only relevant to high security and not the average user
except lineageos still supports the original pixel, which is 10 years old.