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Thoughts on fairphone 6? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 1 year ago* by to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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Been looking at the Fairphone 6 and damn, support until 2033? That's actually insane.

The whole replaceable parts thing is pretty sick too. Battery goes bad? Just swap it instead of dropping $800 on a new phone or getting the battery replaced for $100

Probably gonna throw /e/OS on it too because why not.

What's everyone else using? Anyone actually have experience with Fairphone or am I just getting hyped over nothing?

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[–] 11 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

They can ship it with e/os already installed, which is awesome.

I know someone with a fp4. It seemed like you could get 'more' phone for the same amount of money, at the time. But then again, i have a feeling that not all brands/models are supported in the same way that fairphone strives to.

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It seems easy enough to install /e/os afterward. Thinking about buying the phone in store

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Gotcha. I managed to install e/os on an old galaxyS8, which was easy enough. It took some time to find the right guides since its an older phone, but i imagine there are more resources for a newer phone like the fp6, 5, or even the 4.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    Well be advised it may not be as easy anymore. Cause I'm the computer person in my friend group I recently switched an fp5 to /e/. It has some kind of firmware security built in where you can install only a system with the same or higher patch level. The system installed was at a higher patch.level than the /e/-system available, which gave me headaches.

    Results may vary.

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