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Thoughts on fairphone 6? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by twikz@sopuli.xyz 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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[–] Twanquility 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

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.

[–] twikz@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

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

[–] Twanquility 4 points 3 weeks 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.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I wish we had that option...

[–] twikz@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

Time to move to EU😁

[–] SL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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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