Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts
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Who in the US is buying midrange or flagship phones without a loan?
You can literally buy an excellent phone that will last you for 3-4 years for less that 400 USD, hell I'd say it's even better for the environment to buy used or refurbished phones and save even more money
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GraphineOS is more secure
We know GrapheneOS only makes their OS on Pixel phones or whatever their own device will be so it's moot
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You can purchase the /e/os version. But it is more expensive
E/os is just android.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki//e/_(operating_system)
I do see that Ubuntu touch is an option though.
It’s shameful that most phones run one of two operating systems. There’s not enough competition. I’m still pissed about WebOS and Windows Phone being abandoned. I am hopeful though that web-based apps might make it possible for another OS to enter the market successfully at some point.
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Why do you think so? We still don't have proper support for the Fairphone 4 on pmOS, why'd the 6 be any better?
wrote last edited by [email protected]Because as you said it is available in some capacity already. Plus people complain about the slow speed of the 4 so maybe people will want to develop quicker for the 6. I could be totally wrong but I'm hopeful
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I dont understand Fairphone, flashy hardware with poor software security and awful sustainability (they stop selling parts quickly).
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E/os is just android.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki//e/_(operating_system)
I do see that Ubuntu touch is an option though.
It’s shameful that most phones run one of two operating systems. There’s not enough competition. I’m still pissed about WebOS and Windows Phone being abandoned. I am hopeful though that web-based apps might make it possible for another OS to enter the market successfully at some point.
Oh, I apologize. I misunderstood your main concern, I though it’s about Google Play instead of Android.
Yes, the only choice for most mobile phones are either Android or iOS. Things like Pinephone and FydeTab Duo exists, but so rare.
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I just want them to make a true flagship phone. I personally wouldn't mind paying extra for a more ethical phone, if it had all the bells and whistles and wasn't half obsolete straight out of the box.
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We know GrapheneOS only makes their OS on Pixel phones or whatever their own device will be so it's moot
Thats because pixels fit the rigid standards, if Fairphone met them they would make a version for them
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I love the idea but the price is too high for the chip given that this is designed to be a longevity phone. A chip like the 7s Gen 3 would make the phone sluggish after a couple of years with how unoptimised todays apps are.
The Gorilla Glass 7i and IP55 water resistance are also concerning given that budget Samsung, Xiaomi, etc phones beat this.
However having components of the phone being easily replacable is a great thing.
Are you aware why it is called "Fair Phone"?
Maybe look into that, before complaining about the price, it makes you look stupid.
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Thats because pixels fit the rigid standards, if Fairphone met them they would make a version for them
That would be great but that's just not the way it is unfortunately
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how do you charge the phone with a DAC plugged in?
wrote last edited by [email protected]If we revisit the "loud" vs "statistically significant" paradigm, while it is a shame you will not be able to charge the phone with a dac in without buying a specific cable, how often does the average person do so?
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FP would be a good choice for Graphene.
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It's 6.3" because of the lack of top/bottom bezels. The phone itself is not much bigger than a Galaxy S7.
I could go for like <5 in to be honest.
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Okay, I'm going to ask... why don't you use wireless?
Edit: some results are in, and the only reasonable answer is better audio quality, although that's probably no longer true. The rest are fairly weak reasons.
Lol'd at the 10m extension cord though, thanks for that one.
Latency issue, in some use cases it's not acceptable to have 0.1~0.3 sec lag, like racing games or rhythm games.
(Yeah, I know there are some wireless protocols to make latency shorter, but it might cost a lot to buy a supported headphone, and it's still useless if the phone doesn't have proper protocol supports.)
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No earphone jack again. That's a bit sad. Even though I mainly use BLT earbuds, I still sometimes wish I could use my wired headphones. It's just a small inconvenience
Honestly feels criminal with how bloated companies have made these phones yet they cheap out on a headphone jack.
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I just want them to make a true flagship phone. I personally wouldn't mind paying extra for a more ethical phone, if it had all the bells and whistles and wasn't half obsolete straight out of the box.
What features would that include that the phone doesn't already have?
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Exactly. Framework does it correctly; fairphone does not.
I hope my phone lasts until we get a framework phone.
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You can thank the President for that. ahem tariff* ahem*
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how do you charge the phone with a DAC plugged in?
wrote last edited by [email protected]Wirelessly.
Or you switch to your bluetooth buds during a wired charge.
I'm all for audio jacks, but have been using a phone without one for 4 years now, and there are so many options to not be incovenienced.
Also I don't use my audiophile headphones with the phone at all - DAC on it just isn't good enough to get most out of then, prefer to use them with my desktop PC amp only.
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I hope my phone lasts until we get a framework phone.
Might be more challenging.
Laptop, its simple, if wifi and bluetooth works, its gonna work around the entire world (it's all standardized).
Phones? I mean the main functions of a phone is phone calls and data use. Every country has different bands, and some carriers/countries have IMEI whitelisting.
