What features would that include that the phone doesn’t already have? I’m currently an iPhone user, but I’m looking to move to a more open source alternative.
gmtom@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
I just want them to make a true flagship phone. I personally wouldn’t mind paying extra for a more ethical phone, if it had all the bells and whistles and wasn’t half obsolete straight out of the box.
febra@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
rfr_Foglia@feddit.it 16 hours ago
Better SOC and cameras. If it has to last 5+ years these have to be very good on release date.
kepix@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
better cpu, 2 sim slots, a programmable button cause this dumbass launcher switch is a joke, at least 5000mah battery, at least a sceen mount fingerprint reader or even a working face recognition like in pixel phones.
a 2 year old motorola phone has all of these for some reason, for only 300 bucks. i can pay 40 bucks for a battery change every 4 years, thats still a better deal to be honest.
uniquethrowagay@feddit.org 11 hours ago
The dumbass launcher switch is programmable and the battery is close to 5000mAh?
twei@discuss.tchncs.de 15 hours ago
Wireless charging
__dev@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
A big problem they have is that they have to rely on Qualcomm for security updates, and the flagship chips simply don’t get 8+ years of support. Fairphone uses Qualcomms IOT chips, which come with much longer support.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Qualcomm will have to change that, what with the EU now mandating a minimum of 5 years of updates after the phone is no longer sold.
So if Qualcomm expects their SoCs to be on the market for 2-4 years, like they do right now, they will have no choice but to provide updates for 7-9 years.
I wouldn’t be surprised if, given this development, Fair phone turn to the more conventional chips other OEMs use.