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tabular@lemmy.world 9 months agoGot a Fairphone 5 recently but I can only compare it to my old phone, a Samsung Galaxy A3 I’ve used for about 13 years. My main complaint is the speaker - points down and sounds worse than my old phone. Perhaps it’s mediocre too but I want to avoid using proprietary software so most phones might as well not even exist. I didn’t know I could get it with /e/ already installed so I’ve been trying out stock Android in the meanwhile.
I wanted a case that covers the screen but Fairphone only have a side cover. Got lucky with one from a 3rd party but it doesn’t turn off the screen when I close the cover like my old phone case did. I assume that had a chip in it or there’s a software setting I’ve not found.
lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Samsung was pretty much one of the only manufacturers installing hall sensors under the display to detect the magnets in their flip cases. I think they stopped including that sensor around the time they got rid of the hardware home button. Their latest tablets still do include a case sensor AFAIK, not sure if it’s the same hall effect one or something else though.
As a side note I miss those cases with the small window, was pretty cool to be able to just flip the lid, see the time, then stuff the phone away
tabular@lemmy.world 9 months ago
That’s a damn shame. I guess modern phones auto wakeup with fingerprint readers or face recognition?