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Fairphone 5: Keeping it 10/10?

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Re: Fairphone 5: Keeping it 10/10?

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Post by have_faith »

llamaInSouth wrote: post #314
pachico wrote: post #289

I never broke a phone, not even scratched the screen but I feel force to buy a new one every 3 years because they become obsolete (I guess apps require more and more memory to the point I cannot have two open at the same time, which kills my ability to pay online). I bought a Framework laptop for the same reason and I successfully managed to upgrade it, not repair it! Is there a phone that allows me to upgrade over t…

You are one of the rare people that never broke a phone, probably.... or you just started using a cellphone... or you dont really use it or armored case, or something similar

I think I cracked a screen on a single phone. Maybe some small scratches on others. Historically I haven't used a case, but my current one uses one of those Apple ones that doesn't cover the screen.

Re: Fairphone 5: Keeping it 10/10?

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Post by lucb1e »

ctenb wrote: post #372
iandanforth wrote: post #11

I'd buy one if it had a headphone jack!

I bought an adapter cable, works okay! :)

Which one? The only ones I've been able to find have either terrible reviews, or I ordered it and it turned out to be terrible. "You sound like you're talking to us from under water or behind glass", was my colleagues' description.

Couldn't get a work phone with headphone jack... privately I dread the day where I need a new phone and need to probably forfeit both headphone and microsd to get something that's not seventeen inches in diameter or released more than three years ago so already out of support. Internal storage is overpriced, and I use that headphone port literally every day when falling asleep with an audio book; bluetooth buds are too thick to lay/lean on and would also get lost under the blanket and crushed overnight.

Re: Fairphone 5: Keeping it 10/10?

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Post by nicoco »

KronisLV wrote: post #342
nicoco wrote: post #303

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I honestly don't think you have to. If banking apps are a bit slow, so what? I know that individual actions have limited impact, but do you realise what's at stake when it comes to environmental issues? FWIW I run a 6yo xiaomi and I avoid crapware, it's working fine, I can AV call, message, browse HN and other forums/links aggregator, navigate, track my sports and calories... The resources (some) apps and websites us…

> I honestly don't think you have to. If banking apps are a bit slow, so what? Many phones are essentially abandoned by the manufacturer and don't receive any security updates not too long after release, which might just be an issue: https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2023-12-01 Not only that, but many apps won't run on the older versions of the OS either, due to the API level deprecation in Android: h…

Fair point. For android, choosing a phone from https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/ or https://www.replicant.us/supported-devices.php helps getting security updates for longer.

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Post by mrweasel »

llamaInSouth wrote: post #314
pachico wrote: post #289

I never broke a phone, not even scratched the screen but I feel force to buy a new one every 3 years because they become obsolete (I guess apps require more and more memory to the point I cannot have two open at the same time, which kills my ability to pay online). I bought a Framework laptop for the same reason and I successfully managed to upgrade it, not repair it! Is there a phone that allows me to upgrade over t…

You are one of the rare people that never broke a phone, probably.... or you just started using a cellphone... or you dont really use it or armored case, or something similar

The worst thing I ever did to my phones over the years is ever so slightly scratching the screen because I put it in the same pocket as my keys.

To be fair my first smart phone was a Nokia Lumia 720, that thing did some damage to anything it hit.

Some people just seems to smash phones left and right and claim that they're just using them normally. I think it's just how some people interact with the world. Put an iPhone in a case and they aren't that brittle, I dropped mine plenty of times.

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Post by nicoco »

pachico wrote: post #353
2muchcoffeeman wrote: post #343

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What phone and bank app is this? I have a 6 year old phone. I've never come across such issues.

Spanish BBVA and Triodos bank apps combined with Brave browser on a redmi with 4+2 GiB of ram.

I have a redmi note 4 (mido) and can definitely switch between apps just fine. About banking, since the law in France doesn't require you to have a smartphone (yet?), I pretended I have a dumbphone to my bank, so 2FA is SMS-based for payments, which is not awesome (why not standard TOTP?), but still better than having their crapware in my pocket all the time.

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Post by lucb1e »

nazgulsenpai wrote: post #129
maegul wrote: post #53

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So I’m completely out of the loop on the whole de-googling your Android phone thing. How workable is it today and how well would it work on a phone like this?

LineageOS with MicroG, F-Droid and Aurora store for whatever play apps you might need has served me well for years. Haven't signed into a Google account for anything on here.

Can confirm, same setup here

Re: Fairphone 5: Keeping it 10/10?

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Post by ctenb »

lucb1e wrote: post #383
ctenb wrote: post #372

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I bought an adapter cable, works okay! :)

Which one? The only ones I've been able to find have either terrible reviews, or I ordered it and it turned out to be terrible. "You sound like you're talking to us from under water or behind glass", was my colleagues' description. Couldn't get a work phone with headphone jack... privately I dread the day where I need a new phone and need to probably forfeit both headphone and microsd to get something that's not seve…

I have to be honest, and the first one I bought was outright broken. For the second one I paid more attention to reviews and it was also slightly more expensive. Let me check if I can find the brand
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