HMD's "sustainable" phones don't have software built to last.
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I think this is why Fairphone chose an SoC that is usually used in industrial/IoT hardware for the FP5. They’ll apparently get software support from Qualcomm until 2028.

Due to choosing a chip intended for IoT use, the FP5 should even get updates for eight years, until 2031.

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