On: Essential Phone, available now

[Pxtl]

Hah, catholic guilt and environmentalism work together so well.

yeah, I feel bad for taking a similar lifetime on my phones - I wish there was a company with the kind of reputation for craftsmanship and long-term support that Apple has that would offer stock Google Android devices.

[ocdtrekkie → Pxtl]

Wanting long term support and Google software are contradictory requests.

[on_and_off → Pxtl]

I wish that Google could start supporting that.

I am not that convinced that it is in their best interest though .. Last time I got saw numbers on this, non-geeks did not care at all about updates.

[Pxtl → on_and_off]

I know, but from an environmental perspective it would be nice to be confident that I could get a reasonable 4-year-life out of a new flagship phone, rather than going through rare earths and energy to make disposable 2-year phones.

[on_and_off → Pxtl]

It would. On the plus side Google has invested a ton of effort this year into making this possible.

Project treble is a major platform change.

OEMs need to get onboard though.

I would love to see Google ship the Pixel 2 with a ten years support warranty.. that would show the way but I will believe it when it happens