Love this idea but carrier limitations, eSIM limitations, kind of an odd start. I am sure it’s licensing and radio costs or limitations. But I would assume anything launching nowadays would support esims 100% and could jump networks without an issue.
Fairphone is now officially available in the United States
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i dont get it, they are comparing eOS to graphene, not talking about the hardware. this would be like grapheneOS not using pixel because the stock android that ships with it does not respect privacy. am i missing something?
Fairphones have awful updates for the firmware and drivers with months of delays. They end up with an end-of-life Linux kernel and hardware components. Fairphone 5 and earlier have end-of-life kernels which aren't receiving the vast majority of important privacy and security patches. They're missing crucial industry standard hardware security features. They don't provide proper encryption protecting user data for the…
You're making me want one.
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What about patching security vulnerabilities? Privacy enhancements? How would I know when the firmware needs updating? How can I find when it was last updated?
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#234Earlier quoted context omitted.
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I gotta hand it to you, you're like a walking, self-contained Gish gallop. The zeal would be incredibly useful, if only it could be tempered and harnessed by other qualities. You used to do the, 'I can never get answers to my simple questions' routine, until I started engaging. Then, every time I say 'you keep doing this,' if I don't provide links, you complain that I didn't provide links. When I do provide links, yo…
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Using a dongle makes it impossible to charge the phone or connect it to any other device while using audio, which I do all the time. I also frequently interchange my wired earbuds between my phone and laptop, and don't want to be bothered with an extra loose dongle when I disconnect the earbuds. Sorry, this isn't a solved problem at all, apart from the solution of only buying phones that have audio jacks.
> dongle makes it impossible to charge the phone or connect it to any other device while using audio I feel like you missed the part where the parent comment said "[...] and there's even passthrough options for when you need to charge".
But why would I bother with a dongle to compensate for a problem I can just avoid in the first place by not buying a phone without an audio jack?
Re: Fairphone is now officially available in the United States
#236No standard audio jack? That's a dealbreaker for me, especially for something touting modularity, repairability, and user control.
I'm not saying they're related, but they also make and sell wireless headphones...
Even worse. Now your headphones cost 10-15x as much, consist of a collection of small standalone parts that are easy to lose, need to be recharged, and can't be easily interchanged between audio sources.
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#237Re: Fairphone is now officially available in the United States
#238Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not saying they're related, but they also make and sell wireless headphones...
Even worse. Now your headphones cost 10-15x as much, consist of a collection of small standalone parts that are easy to lose, need to be recharged, and can't be easily interchanged between audio sources.
Don't forget "only lasts a couple years before they no longer hold a charge".
Re: Fairphone is now officially available in the United States
#239I purchased a Fairphone 6 thinking I was going to solve a lot of issues I had with more popular phone models. This has not been the case. I think that when all is said and done, Fairphone will have done more to hurt the concept of device repairability than help it. Examples: Within a month of purchase, the little upper speaker grill/mesh sticker fell out. Now this is why I bought a Fairphone - a few clicks, a few day…
A lot of people forget that "right to repair" means that YOU fix it. There is no silver bullet. You can either rely on a company to fix it for you and not screw you over, or you can do all of the work of sourcing parts and labor, and if you mess up the repair then you own the pieces.