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		johncessna on July 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It's official: Smartphones will need to have repla... Why do they need 4 years for this? This was how most phones used to work.

zihotki on July 13, 2023 [–]

Because "time to market" is not zero. Manufacturers need time to develop and produce new devices. Plus sell the ones already in the release chain. That's a quite reasonable time frame.

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