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As many companies have recently announced that they'll release official SailfishOS support for (some of) their phones I'm interested in knowing who's responsible for the software updates.

If I buy a Fairphone, a Turing Phone, a phone from Mi Phone or an Oysters phone with Sailfish preinstalled I don't want to be left in the cold after 9 months software wise as it's not uncommon for me to keep a phone for two years.

I know that the current version of SailfishOS (2.x) is designed to run on different Android adoptions and Linux kernel releases. If a phone runs SailfishOS 2.x will it then per default get updates from the main release repository or do Jolla/the phone company need to do some individual testing per device?

When times goes by and new versions of SailfishOS is going to be released (eg. 2.1, 2.5 or 3.0) will it then be the phone company or Jolla itself which are responsible for new updates for a specific device?

I'm asking because I find this to be a major concern. Outdated phones will not only lead to platform fragmentation (as known in the Android world) but will also harm the brand and user experience of SailfishOS.

The main goal of a phone company is to sell as many devices as possible but for this to happen a good user experience (up-to-date software) is essential for the customer to be loyal and "come back" to the company.

Personally I would choose a more expensive device if I know that software updates are guaranteed for a reasonable amount of time.

As many companies have recently announced that they'll release official SailfishOS support for (some of) their phones I'm interested in knowing who's responsible for the software updates.

If I buy a Fairphone, a Turing Phone, a phone from Mi Phone or an Oysters phone with Sailfish preinstalled I don't want to be left in the cold after 9 months software wise as it's not uncommon for me to keep a phone for two years.

I know that the current version of SailfishOS (2.x) is designed to run on different Android adoptions and Linux kernel releases. If a phone runs SailfishOS 2.x will it then per default get updates from the main release repository or do Jolla/the phone company need to do some individual testing per device?

When times goes by and new versions of SailfishOS is going to be released (eg. 2.1, 2.5 or 3.0) will it then be the phone company or Jolla itself which are responsible for new updates for a specific device?

I'm asking because I find this to be a major concern. Outdated phones will not only lead to platform fragmentation (as known in the Android world) but will also harm the brand and user experience of SailfishOS.

The main goal of a phone company is to sell as many devices as possible but for this to happen a good user experience (up-to-date software) is essential for the customer to be loyal and "come back" to the company.

Personally I would choose a more expensive device if I know that software updates are guaranteed for a reasonable amount of time.

As many companies have recently announced that they'll release official SailfishOS support for (some of) their phones I'm interested in knowing who's responsible for the software updates.

If I buy a Fairphone, a Turing Phone, a phone from Mi Phone or an Oysters phone with Sailfish preinstalled I don't want to be left in the cold after 9 months software wise as it's not uncommon for me to keep a phone for two years.

I know that the current version of SailfishOS (2.x) is designed to run on different Android adoptions and Linux kernel releases. If a phone runs SailfishOS 2.x will it then per default get updates from the main release repository or do Jolla/the phone company need to do some individual testing per device?

When times goes by and new versions of SailfishOS is going to be released (eg. 2.1, 2.5 or 3.0) will it then be the phone company or Jolla itself which are responsible for new updates for a specific device?

I'm asking because I find this to be a major concern. Outdated phones will not only lead to platform fragmentation (as known in the Android world) but will also harm the brand and user experience of SailfishOS.

The main goal of a phone company is to sell as many devices as possible but for this to happen a good user experience (up-to-date software) is essential for the customer to be loyal and "come back" to the company.

Personally I would choose a more expensive device if I know that software updates are guaranteed for a reasonable amount of time.