Recently a user here did the math on that and the fair/eco part of fairphone is really miniscule (they spend less than 5$ per phone and a big part of that are fairwashing credits).
Unless you need the repairability or the specific specs, you might be better off to buy a cheaper phone and just donate money to a good cause.
It actually looks decent, and their C2 phone looks reasonable though not premium (8GB RAM, a 1600x720 screen and no fingerprint reader are not brilliant specs, though it’s a nice looking phone). The OS subscription might put some people off though: you get one year of updates and then have to pay about €5 per month.
We currently sell and ship Jolla C2 within the European Union, the United Kingdom, Norway, and Switzerland.
From a cursory glance, they don't ship to any of the largest smartphone markets. That's likely why you don't hear much about them as opposed to any of the global distributors.
extremeboredom@lemmy.world 7 months ago
GrapheneOS is one of the last bastions of freedom remaining. I don’t know what we’ll do if that happens.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 6 months ago
A phone that works with proper linux: PostmarketOS, Sailfish OS or Ubuntu Touch.
dufkm@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Probably own a privacy-invasive phone and use it as little as possible.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I’ll be looking at the Fairphone 6 with the de-Googled e/OS option.
shop.fairphone.com/the-fairphone-gen-6-e-operatin…
www.wired.com/review/fairphone-gen-6/
napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org 7 months ago
Recently a user here did the math on that and the fair/eco part of fairphone is really miniscule (they spend less than 5$ per phone and a big part of that are fairwashing credits). Unless you need the repairability or the specific specs, you might be better off to buy a cheaper phone and just donate money to a good cause.
Here is the original post: lemmy.world/post/32013987
uthredii@programming.dev 7 months ago
sailfish?
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’ve quickily looked up Sailfish and am shocked that we haven’t been hearing more about it. Why is so? Where’s the catch?
floofloof@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
It actually looks decent, and their C2 phone looks reasonable though not premium (8GB RAM, a 1600x720 screen and no fingerprint reader are not brilliant specs, though it’s a nice looking phone). The OS subscription might put some people off though: you get one year of updates and then have to pay about €5 per month.
sickday@fedia.io 7 months ago
From a cursory glance, they don't ship to any of the largest smartphone markets. That's likely why you don't hear much about them as opposed to any of the global distributors.