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MartinXYZ@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I’m fairly(pun intended) certain my next phone will be a Fairphone. What would be the main reasons not to buy it? I don’t mind the size, I don’t need an amazing camera but I do wish it had a headphone jack. That said, I expect to flash Lineage on my OnePlus 6 and use it a bit longer, to avoid e-waste for a bit.

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DacoTaco@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Reasons not to buy it that ive seen so far :

ok specs, not intended for heavy apps like emulators

expensive

no headphone jack

very limited usage in us ( no full us release besides the /e/os release with limited bandwidth support )

My personal opinion is that if you can flash a rom, you might as well get a fairphone if you ok with the price. Fairphone is a bit behind on updates, but lineageos fixes most of that (specially once they release android 14 )
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- MartinXYZ@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I’m in Europe, so the problems with coverage shouldn’t be an issue here, as far as I’ve seen.
  
  As mentioned, I’m a bit miffed about the headphone jack, but I guess I can live with it if their Bluetooth chip is optimized for audio.
  
  I also don’t use emulators, so yeah, I guess there’s very little reason for me to avoid Fairphone.
  
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