Comment on I want a phone I can actually fix, and Fairphone’s record growth shows the world does too

MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• merde@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  hmd has an awful website. I want information not random photos and hype

  wtf are these!
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  • MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Here you go. Both links from the page with “no information”.

    Full Specs - www.hmd.com/en_int/hmd-pulse-pro/specs?sku=286946…

    Repairability - www.hmd.com/en_int/self-repair

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    • merde@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      that indeed is a clean page that gets to the point

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• 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Either this or a fairphone would be an instant buy from me if they were smaller. Modern phones dont fit into my pockets comfortably anymore

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  • 0x0@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Sony is the only available manufacturer of phones that still makes something that feels smaller, albeit only on one plane since theyre just less wide. I really enjoy it, but something even smaller like the z3 compact would be great.

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  • MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yeah, i’d love a Fairphone but it’s 5 times the price of the HMD and I just don’t care that much for processing power or the camera. I just use my phone for messaging, playing music, banking and sudoku.

    I bought the Pulse for £100 new.

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    • ohshittheyknow@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yeah but HDM only offers 2 years of OS upgrades according to their own specs page. Fairphone offers 8 years. They have to get the software as well as the hardware.

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      • MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yeah, there’s no doubt the Fairphone is a better phone. There’s definitely issues with the HMD. I don’t think the Fairphone is 5 times better though.

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• TAG@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The issue with that phone (and seemingly everything coming from HMD) is that it only gets 2 major OS upgrades. Also, it launches a major version behind, so it is actually only a single upgrade.

  I am quite upset about it. I had a Nokia 6 (made by HMD) and loved the well made, durable hardware and very clean no-bloat software. I have been saddened to see that while most phone brands have been extending their OS support window, HMD has been shortening it.

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  • MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, it’s definitely not ideal but £110 brand new made me get over it :D

    Hopefully they continue the repairability and do something better with the OS in the future.

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