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Fairphone 6 is switching to a new design that's even more sustainable

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401 points Bluestein | 1 comments | 23 Jun 25 15:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | source
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msgodel ◴[23 Jun 25 16:52 UTC] No.44357671[source]▶
They should switch to an SOC with mainline Linux support so you don't have to throw it out in three years.
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ppseafield ◴[23 Jun 25 17:07 UTC] No.44357802[source]▶
Which SoC should they switch to? Google's Pixel phones for Android 16's release just updated[0] their kernels to 6.1, which means the bleeding edge kernel version for Android phones is a release from December 2022. What Qualcomm SoCs are supported by this kernel, and how fast are they?

[0] https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-linux-6-1-android-15-...

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1. charcircuit ◴[23 Jun 25 22:58 UTC] No.44361064[source]▶
Android 16 uses the latest LTS branch of Linux which is 6.12.