Comment on Ifixit gives fairphone 5 a 10/10 on repairability and maintanence

Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• e8d79@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What do you mean by lack of security features? Fairphone promises 5 Android version upgrades and security updates for at least 8 years.

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  • Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Iirc the chipset, QCM6490, will lose support after 2028 meaning the device will get at least 5 years of security updates and not the promised 8. Pretty sure that’s why grapheneOS doesn’t/won’t support it since the company doesn’t keep to their promises

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    • LWD@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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      • jacktherippah@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Same thing also said by the developer of DivestOS. Fairphones are not fully patched until anywhere close to their promised support. forum.fairphone.com/t/…/99302

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      • pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Which is why I don’t think I’m getting the fp. I don’t want to pay a premium price for a less secure phone than one with graphene

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  • darth_helmet@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Running android puts rather a low ceiling on security and privacy

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    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You don’t have to use Google services on the fairphone. And if you use it without those, Android is waaaaaaaaay more private than iOS.

      iPhones are barely much better than Android phones for privacy or security.

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      • pathief@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        How do push notifications work on Graphene? I am currently using LineageOS with microg services but the experience has been quite rocky

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    • Ebsku@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      grapheneos.org

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    • baduhai@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      calyxos.org

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    • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Quite the opposite. Running iOS means you have a device that does whatever Apple tells it to do, nothing more and nothing less. Running Android means you have a plethora of options to choose your level of security and convenience.

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  • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why is it currently being advertised as running Android 13?

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• oehm@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Buying this phone as a “spare phone” you very well may never actually need seems to contradict the point of it

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  • solrize@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That is a 700+ dollar “spare phone”. Must be nice. It seems like an ok phone but it’s so expensive that the sustainability angle seems like pretense. My last phone (Moto G4 XT1625, Android 7) was $170 and wastechnologically obsolescent and physically decrepit by the time I replaced it. I’d like to see how many fairphones are still in use after that long.

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    • LWD@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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      • KingJalopy@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You’re paying a premium to have a fucking dongle hanging out of your ear

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  • Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thats true but I was referring to it being useful for travelers or as a work phone. Just being useful when you don’t want to expose your personal device

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• agraves@lm.possum.city ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  LineageOS, my friend.

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• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They provide updates for as long as Apple. More than any other android OEM.

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• DacoTaco@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Software updates of the old phone or the fp5?

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  • Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Crap meant security updates I’ll edit it in but their phones overall. The company is notorious for not providing full security updates for the promised length which can end up jeopardizing the customer. Then specifically for the fp5 there’s the lack of a secure element and iirc verified boot but I could be mistaken

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• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m really sorry I hurt your poor little fee fees 🥺🥺🥺

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