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CyanogenMod 9.0-rc1 availableCyanogenMod 9.0-rc1 availablePosted Jun 27, 2012 8:49 UTC (Wed) by anselm (subscriber, #2796)In reply to: CyanogenMod 9.0-rc1 available by aorth Parent article: CyanogenMod 9.0-rc1 available
most phones are essentially worthless after ~2 years I think this is largely an illusion. I have an HTC Desire (running CM7) that I bought nearly 2 years ago and it is still a very good phone. I have no intention whatsoever of replacing it anytime soon. I'm looking forward to seeing whether there will be a version of CM9 for it. People tend to replace their phones every 2 years because their contract is up and they can conveniently get a newer phone. In this sense, a two-year-old phone may be »worthless« in an economic sense in that the mobile ISP has written it off, but it is not necessarily »worthless« from a technical point of view (such that it would not be worth supporting by something like CM).
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CyanogenMod 9.0-rc1 available Posted Jun 27, 2012 12:11 UTC (Wed) by clump (subscriber, #27801) [Link]
After two years you're lucky to get any updates from your carrier. Phones aren't useless after two years if developers like aorth commit their time and effort to supporting them. I have a phone I purchased in 2010. The carrier abandoned it. Thanks to the CM developers, I can still use it with reasonable confidence that it's secure and maintained.
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