Question about Ubuntu and other Linux distributions as cellphone OS

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Fri, 2024-11-01 at 14:25 +0000, Liam Proven wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 at 11:37, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > 
> > The day when it is worthwhile to install something else on a
> > smartphone or tablet than what is on it by default, is the day when
> > plain text email writers will report about it in red coloured, bold
> > font HTML emails in every BSD and Linux mailing list.
> 
> *Laughs loudly*
> 
> It is a bit like that. But I have seen signs of change. I tried a
> FuriPhone and that is mostly just Debian, on a modern decent-spec
> cheap Chinese phone.
> 
> https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/26/furi_phone_flx1_debian_smartphone/
"Liam Proven        Wed 26 Jun 2024 // 16:30 UTC"

Let's wait for Thu 26 Jun 2025 // 16:30 UTC and see if it's still a
supported phone.

Much likely the support for my 3rd gen iPad Pro (released end of 2018,
actually delivered in the beginning of 2019) will be dropped in 2025.

I don't expect long term support for any modern mobile device, but at
least support for the products that many people buy should always be
available for a few years.

Will they update the drivers for the hardware of this phone next year?
Will it still be possible to replace a broken display of this phone next
year?