malangwayne

Technology enthusiast, UI/UX Engineer, Data Driven Strategy Professional, Music Composer at home, 🍕 is life.

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@CMShehbaz How the fuck is he tweeting? 1.1.1.1 here too?

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#mecca #teampixel

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#madina #teampixel

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@Google Is it time to replace assistant with bard?

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@AJMods99 Is it even certain that it'll come out this year?

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@elonmusk @stats_feed A statistical test for the true answer commences.

[Mishaal Rahman @MishaalRahman]

Congrats to Fairphone for the launch of the Fairphone 5! Promising 8 years of software support (5 major Android OS updates) for a consumer smartphone is a first in the industry!

The Fairphone 5 ships with Android 13 out of the box and should receive OS updates all the way to Android 18!

This is largely made possible by the company's decision to use the QCM6490 SoC, one of Qualcomm's IoT platforms. Qualcomm offers extended software support for its industrial IoT platforms compared to its consumer mobile platforms.

The QCM6490 is roughly equivalent in specs to the Snapdragon 778G, so the Fairphone 5 will have fairly mid-range performance. Still, I think the benefit of significantly longer software support from the silicon vendor outweighs the downsides.

I didn't even know that there were Qualcomm IoT platforms with BSPs that support Android, but apparently, the QCM6490 is "purpose-built for industrial and commercial IoT applications such as ruggedized handhelds and tablets..." Indeed, the Fairphone 5 isn't the only Android smartphone to have this chip, as there are other devices like the AGM G2 Guardian with it.

It remains to be seen if Fairphone will actually be able to deliver on their promise of 5 major Android OS updates, though I have no doubt that they have the technical capability and drive to do so. We don't really know what Android's hardware requirements will be like in 2028, after all.

Qualcomm used to publish its software support roadmaps for its IoT platforms. This roadmap for the QCM6490 is dated July 2021, so it's possible it has already been extended.

QCM6490/QCS6490 Android support plan

Android version | ACK | Launch config | CS | Std. SW maintenance EOL | Ext. Life SW maintenance EOL

11 (R), 5.4 NPI, Jul’21 4Q22 4Q28
12 (S), 5.4 NPI, OTA 4Q21 4Q23 4Q28
13 (T), 5.4 NPI, OTA 4Q22 4Q24 4Q28
14 (U), 5.4 NPI, OTA 4Q23 4Q25 4Q28
15 (V), 5.X NPI, OTA 4Q24 4Q25 4Q28

If this roadmap is still correct, and the QCM6490 is indeed a GRF'd platform, then it's possible the Fairphone 5 is launching with Android 13 on top of a vendor implementation built for Android 11 with a Linux 5.4 kernel. And by 2028, it'll be running Android 18 with a vendor built for Android 15 and a compatible version of the Linux kernel (the oldest supported Linux kernel version is bumped each release eg. Android 15 will drop Linux 4.14 support).

(If anyone from Fairphone is reading this, please reach out! I'd love to chat with you.)

[Figma @figma]

The Dev Mode beta is now officially two months old! 🎂

Since we launched, we’ve completed over 200 fast follows - features, improvements, and fixes - thanks to your feedback.

Dig into the biggest updates below 👇

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@brandonleblanc 🙏

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@brandonleblanc Perhaps eagerness is a human flaw afterall?

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@Cobratate Same.

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@elonmusk Yes

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@meowkoteeq The golden days?

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@Beenobrown @Abmankendrick No you're not. You're right in fact.

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@Abmankendrick A but the plus sign should be on the right.

[dára sobaloju @darasoba]

is the ui/ux design field oversaturated now?

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@elonmusk Trident per se?

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If only my developer listens. Heck I did it myself.

[Android Developers @AndroidDev]

Increase the chance users place your app icon on their home screen, the most important phone real estate!

Learn how to create an Android Themed App Icon → https://t.co/UtyHHnKJdK

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Experimenting gamma.

https://t.co/af79sIdHVZ