I hope my phone lasts until we get a framework phone.
Exactly. Framework does it correctly; fairphone does not.
Liz@midwest.social 21 hours ago
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
Might be more challenging.
Laptop, its simple, if wifi and bluetooth works, its gonna work around the entire world (it’s all standardized).
Phones? I mean the main functions of a phone is phone calls and data use. Every country has different bands, and some carriers/countries have IMEI whitelisting.
Liz@midwest.social 12 hours ago
Yeah but the entire philosophy of Framework would be one phone construction standard and then you swap out the radio chip. Granted, there’s never been a hard phone standard, and the parts have never been designed for swapping. They would be the ones designing and commissioning these standards. Anyway, so I’m gonna be waiting very patiently.
Valmond@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
So with framework you can keep the cpu and camera and swap out the Mobo for a better one?
melooone@feddit.org 15 hours ago
The cpu and mobo are one part, you cant replace just the cpu while keeping your old mobo. But every other part can be individually replaced.
You can see all replacement parts here: https://frame.work/nl/en/marketplace
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Not putting in a 3.5mm jack says enough. They sell Bluetooth earbuds I wouldn’t call that “fair”. It leads to more landfill. Phones with 3.5mm jacks also have BT, and don’t start about USBC singles, that’s more to buy and more landfill when they inevitable break.
ayane@lemmy.vg 1 day ago
I hear you! Though I don’t mind the lack of a 3.5 mm jack¹, it is still an anti-feature, and I fully agree that the TWS style of in-ears are antithetical to the repairability ethos. It’s especially bad when they sell one themselves.
Until Linux phones reliably support 5G communications with major carriers (this is a kernel driver issue for modems), I’m going to run with my current phone until it crumbles… Or at least until someone comes out with an actual modular phone where the mainboard can just be swapped as with desktops and Framework laptops.
¹I use a very high quality “dongle” DAC (Moonriver 2) and it gives me a cleaner, lower impedance, higher power output than any phone’s on-board audio can. If I’m going to be using wired headphones, might as well go all the way.