Missed opportunity to list how long software support is. So we could publicly shame companies with shit software support. Also they’d have to clearly state how many years of support you get instead of chasing the damn info online.
The article says that all phones in the EU must receive 5 years of software support. 10 would be ideal tbh, but labeling isn’t as important now that we’re getting 5 years.
Ideal would be unlimited like PC’s, let people install whatever OS version their phone is capable of running.
I dont see how the energy label would need that.
Software is a different department, and EU is currently looking at making laws about unlocking the phones for alternative OS software, which seems like a much better approach.
It really isn’t. Buyers need to be informed how long is phone supported officially. People don’t know how to install Windows or Linux on PC through simple installer wizard and you expect them to flash firmware on phone and deal with all the issues when bootloader is unlocked? No fucking chance. I’ve been there, phone wasn’t even rooted and banking apps were removed about bootloader because I was using LineageOS. It’s when I started using phones with very long official software support, because I just can’t be bothered dealing with that fuckery anymore.
Only OS that even allows re-locking of bootloader with 3rd party firmware is GrapheneOS on Pixels. It’s just too much hassle for everything else and I’ve been flashing phones for like 15 years…
I dont think its irrelevant at all, but this is the Energy Department. They do different work.
EU should add the label you talk about for sure, but this is not the tree to bark at.
I mean, software support is part of sustainability. The longer it’s getting updates, the more secure it is and longer it will be functional from software aspect.
That seems like something that could pretty easily be added to the label down the line.
I’m interested to see how EU will measure battery life, I’m guessing some standard stress testing software perhaps?
This is how gsmarena does it: https://www.gsmarena.com/gsmarena_lab_tests-review-751p6.php
They will probably do somewhat the same. They only need battery capacity, idle test and stress test.
No different than any other electronic like washing machines, TVs etc, and then adding battery capacity.
