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Fairphone 4 with /e/OS by Murena now available at fairphone.com

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Re: Fairphone 4 with /e/OS by Murena now available at fairphone.com

#11

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5G and OLED are not premium any more, they are quite basic. e.g. Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 has an OLED screen and supports 5G SA for 140 EUR

Is Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 an environmental friendly phone built by well paid human beings?

It's not a premium phone, showing that OLED and 5G are not premium features.

Re: Fairphone 4 with /e/OS by Murena now available at fairphone.com

#12

Is the Fairphone 5 also going to be offered with /e/OS?

Yes, you can order it directly from the Murena website https://murena.com/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-fairpho...

Not sure if/when that will be available directly from the fairphone website though.

Re: Fairphone 4 with /e/OS by Murena now available at fairphone.com

#13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 an environmental friendly phone built by well paid human beings?

It's not a premium phone, showing that OLED and 5G are not premium features.

Why are you talking about a "premium phone"? You are the only one here using that expression

Re: Fairphone 4 with /e/OS by Murena now available at fairphone.com

#14

How does /e/OS compare to GrapheneOS?

/e/OS is focussed on not (or less) leaking data (-> privacy), especially to Google. Whereas I understand Grapheme OS wants to make it very difficult to hack the device (-> security). This leads to different compromises. I would say that /e/ is more normal end user friendly and GrapheneOS enables more security for those who need it, but less Android apps will work as normal.

>> GrapheneOS enables more security for those who need it, but less Android apps will work as normal.

I can attest this is pretty accurate.

A lot of the Android apps you find in the F-Droid or Aurora store can be installed, but won't work since most require you to have Google Play services enabled which Graphene sandboxes by default:

https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-google-play

A perfect example is when I was looking for a weather app and most of the popular weather apps were a no-go simply because they required Google Play services. I ended using Weawow Weather instead of several other options like Weather Underground, Accuweather or WeatherBug.

EDIT: I'm currently using Graphene OS on a Pixel 4XL

Re: Fairphone 4 with /e/OS by Murena now available at fairphone.com

#15

Is the Fairphone 5 also going to be offered with /e/OS?

Yes, you can order it directly from the Murena website https://murena.com/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-fairpho... Not sure if/when that will be available directly from the fairphone website though.

I get “not available in your country.” I’m in USA

Re: Fairphone 4 with /e/OS by Murena now available at fairphone.com

#16
The only problem with my Fairphone 3 being 4 years old and counting, having survived dozens of drops without a scratch and receiving updates to Android 11 is that I have to hold restrain my consumerist desire to buy a newer gen Fairphone with flashier features. But I guess that's the point!

Re: Fairphone 4 with /e/OS by Murena now available at fairphone.com

#18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, you can order it directly from the Murena website https://murena.com/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-fairpho... Not sure if/when that will be available directly from the fairphone website though.

I get “not available in your country.” I’m in USA

You have to go to the regional shop:

https://murena.com/america/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena...

I'm not in the US, so I assume that's why I get a 404 for the product, but maybe it's just not available.

Re: Fairphone 4 with /e/OS by Murena now available at fairphone.com

#19
Question: did Fairphone do something about the build quality since v1/2? I used to have one (can't remember which) but the back cover broke after taking the protector off <10 times. I'd really like to buy one, but I'm not keen on using it for less than a month just because I'd like to have my phone clean.

Re: Fairphone 4 with /e/OS by Murena now available at fairphone.com

#20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, you can order it directly from the Murena website https://murena.com/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-fairpho... Not sure if/when that will be available directly from the fairphone website though.

I get “not available in your country.” I’m in USA

Ooh thats annoying, guess you'll have to wait until fairphone site lists it, could be a while though, maybe you could use a 3rd party mailing service or a virtual address from europe or something if you really wanted one now.
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