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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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[–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

i'm using a fairphone 4, i'm pretty happy with it.
i like their goals of sustainability and repair friendly builds. i just got a security android update yesterday, although the one before was quite a few months ago, so it's not as frequently updated as it was in the first few years

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah I'm getting a 4 here in a bit and it's still supported. And should be able to get parts for at least 3 more years.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    oh wow, why not a 6?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    4 has cheaper parts overall and looks like other OSes are going to support for a long time. And they already removed the bugs in the 4. I dont buy new phones until about a year out when they are thoroughly tested. Its also significantly cheaper to buy the phone outright. I cant afford the 6 in the US. Way too expensive.

    I got bit a couple of times with Terracube and their "promises". The phone literally fell apart in my hand. Glue came loose and parts stopped working after a while. Worst of all, no software updates for years.

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