I'd expect that if they said "future-proof", or similar wording, that they would be that.?ÿ
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I never took future-proof to mean it was indestructible or parts would be available for 100 years.?ÿ Only that it wouldn't "stop working" because of evolution of the GNSS systems.
It probably wasn't the best choice of marketing speak, though, because it's been my experience if you don't upgrade firmware your performance doesn't "freeze" to the way it worked at one point in time - but rather it slowly degrades as the constellations change.?ÿ New signals are seen as noise, etc.?ÿ This was the most apparent with the R8 model 1 when GLONASS came on line.?ÿ It messed up the SNR to the point you HAD to upgrade the firmware if you wanted them to work as well as they used to.?ÿ That is why I would take issue with the phrase "Future Proof":?ÿ if their planning on not releasing any new firmware updates...
So the version 1 was only about 1000 units, the version 2 came out after mid 2014. Unfortunately both of my R10's are V1. It appears there will still be firmware updates put out but not hardware extended warranties. Now that means that of my nine Trimble receivers only one (new alloy) has an extended hardware warranty available. And it has lifetime firmware upgrades
Then again there will be the re-branded Trimble's next generation model sold out of China for 1/4 the price doing the same thing on an Android OS.
