Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts

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• Panties@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  No earphone jack again. That’s a bit sad. Even though I mainly use BLT earbuds, I still sometimes wish I could use my wired headphones. It’s just a small inconvenience

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  • Laser@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I had a phone without before, that one came with a simple cheap passive adapter for USB-C to 3.5mm headset. You lose out on using headphones while charging, but other than that I was never really inconvenienced…

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    • stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I disagree about this being a good solution. USB-C is not meant to take the strain of being used as an audio port when being used in the go so there is risk of damaging the port while a headphone jack is more stable and allows the plug to rotate. Plus I don’t want to have a dingle I can forget when in a rush.

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    • masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You also have to remember to have that adapter with you

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    • HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You can find adapters that can charge while still having a 3.5mm back

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    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have a tablet that came with a C to 3.5 adapter and it worked well enough for a bit but soon enough it was only intermittently allowing the headphone connection to work, with a message about the port being dirty or something. Yet I could go right from unplugging that and putting the charger in and it worked fine.

      There’s just no substitute for a dedicated port, especially when it barely takes up any room

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    • Panties@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s really a small inconvenience, but using an adapter would mean I’d be prone to misplace it when I use my headphones on anything else, so it hardly makes anything better

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    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That means the audio still goes through another DAC, lowering the sound quality, compared to an analog 3.5 jack. Also, who wants to further risk wearing out\vreaking their charge port, jack inputs almost seem like they can’t break.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not having a headphone jack is just a slap in the face from a company whose whole image is supposed to be longevity.

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    • Auth@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No one has been using aux cable mobile headphones for the past 10 years. Headphone jack is e-waste at this point. bluetooth audio is great and if you really want to be a boomer you can use the usb C headphones.

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  • Mandrilleren@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I never use wired headphones even though I have a jack in my phone. But I have never bought a phone without a jack and probably never will.

    Ipersonally think it’s user hostile to remove the jack and also goes directly agains the green profile Fairphone wants to have.

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  • lobut@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I was just hoping a phone like fairphone would give me the option to buy a small module or something to let me do it.

    Yes, yes there’s adapters … yes, yes, you don’t need to use it … I understand. I just want it.

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    • Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You'd ultimately be sacrificing battery size for that Aux jack you hardly use. For most that's not worth it

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  • Kowowow@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “Modularity” but still no headphone jack, couldn’t I just have a backplate with a big bump on it to accommodate a 3.5mm jack?

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    • foggenbooty@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Big? The headphone jack is not large enough to protrude from a cell phone chassis. Any company telling you they can’t fit it is just lying to sell you BT headphones.

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  • ggwithgg@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You have these usb-c to mini jack adapters. They are like 5 to 10eu. They are small enough to keep them attached to your jack headphone. It works perfectly for me.

    I think it is better to view the usb-c plug as ‘one protocol to rule them all’. If you do so, it makes quite some sense.

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    • brotundspiele@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Every adapter I had was broken after a year or less. I imagine if you keep them attached to your phone, they’ll break even faster. Do these adapters exist with a 90° angle which might help preventing broken cables?

      Not really in the spirit of reducing waste.

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    • ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’ve never had one of those actually work…

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  • Goodeye8@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Honestly, I don't really get the people who complain about the lack of 3.5mm jack on a smartphone. If you're looking for quality you're more likely to get better quality out quality USB-C headphones than quality 3.5mm headphones due to the USB-C headphones picking up less noise and having its own DAC (which is probably better than the phone DAC that 3.5mm would use).

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    • Mihies@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What about the simplicity?

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    • potustheplant@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You are completely and utterly wrong. I’m pretty sure that a $700 phone’s dac is better than what you can find on a $5 dongle from god knows where. Also, by design there should be no “noise” or “interference” causing issues with the internal dac. If there is, you bought an extremely shitty device.

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  • Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    For the amount of space a earphone jack takes it really doesn't make sense for them to include it, when you can just use a cheap adaptor cable

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    • Ross_audio@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “For the amount of space it takes to include a second speaker or second camera it doesn’t really make sense when you can just plug in an external one”

      You sound like an idiot.

      I can buy a phone from HMD that’s more repairable, more modular, and has sustainable features.

      Fairphone has been a busted flush since they ditched the headphone jack. It’s just the most obvious sign amongst many they started making landfill phones.

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    • jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      just make the phone larger and fill the empty space with battery

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  • wellheh@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Honestly feels criminal with how bloated companies have made these phones yet they cheap out on a headphone jack.

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  • danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Probably not a popular thing to say on here, but I think you’ve lost the battle for the earphone jack. It probably just requires way too much real estate to be practical on a modern day cell phone.

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    • Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Exactly this, that's a lot of space taken up to connect what 4 analog wires?

      That's insanity when a AUX to Usb-C converter does the job

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    • zod000@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It absolutely does not require too much space. And you can still buy phones with headphone jacks, just not any of the (ironically) higher end models because OEMs know they can push their first party bluetooth headphones to these customers.

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    • potustheplant@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It absolutely does not. That’s just the stupid propaganda companies distribute to make people buy wireless earbuds.

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• phantomwise@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Why does The Fairphone (Gen. 6) not have an audio jack?

  After some of the criticism that we received about removing the headphone jack from Fairphone 4, we did consider bringing it back for The Fairphone (Gen. 6). However, we realized it would be at the expense of increasing the phone’s dimensions. We also looked into the consumer data and Fairphone 4’s weight and thickness were more of an issue than the lack of a minijack, so we decided to keep the same approach, although it was a difficult decision. We didn’t want to invest in OLED technology for the display and then not have improved the phone’s dimensions and weight. But just like with Fairphone 4 and Fairphone 5, we will still offer an adapter, which has had overall positive user reviews.

  “We heard the criticism but decided that no, you would still need an adapter to use headphones, plus a USB-C hub to be able to charge the damn thing while listening to music or watching videos”

  Funny how that’s the same excuses that we get for modern laptops terrible design. “We HAVE to make it thinner so there’s no space! You wouldn’t want a laptop that’s not complete shit if it meant it’d be less thin and breakable, would you?”

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  • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Let me expand, as I usually deal with surveys and population feedback. There’s loud feedback, and there’s statistically significant feedback.

    People who want a headphone jack are very loud. They will interject this issue into every feedback opportunity given. They will mention it on the comment sections, forums, q&a sessions, answer their surveys accordingly, etc. That’s all fine and their prerogative.

    However, when you look at the statistics. They are unfortunately a very tiny minority of the entire population. They are not statistically significant for decision making. They don’t have the volume to move sales significantly. This sucks, of course, and I personally wouldn’t mind the return of headphone jacks, smaller phones and bigger batteries as a fair trade for thicker phones.

    But unfortunately, the vast majority of the market is pre-occupied with other things. The phone screen is too small, the phone weights too much, the phone is too thick, I want to bring my phone to the pool without fear of it breaking, etc. They are not as passionate about it, not like the headphone people are, but they far outnumber them in several orders of magnitude. In the end, if the product doesn’t sell, it won’t matter how much it was worth to a single passionate person. It will sink the company if it doesn’t have mass appeal. Making phones is already an extremely expensive endeavor.

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    • FG_3479@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You can get good Bluetooth earbuds for under $50 and a USB-C to AUX dongle for under $15.

      The average person is fine with Bluetooth earbuds or an adapter, and audiophiles would not find the inbuilt DAC/amp on a phone to be adequate.

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    • xvapx@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      People who want a headphone jack […] are unfortunately a very tiny minority of the entire population.

      People interested in paying more for fair trade materials and repairable phones are also a very tiny minority of the entire population.
      Of course I don’t have any statistic, but I would guess that the proportion of people wanting a Jack is significantly higher in the group of people interested in buying Fairphone tht on the general population.

      In my particular case, I’m still using my Fairphone 3, and I’m not buying a Fairphone again unless it has a Jack.

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    • phantomwise@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What statistics? People buying thin phones over thicker phones doesn’t mean much when that’s almost all that’s being sold nowadays and every phone is trying to be as thin as possible. It seemed to me that 90% of what we’re told people want is actually just what companies want to push on us because it’s cheaper and more profitable.

      All the people I know who are average users couldn’t care less about how thin the phone is, two mm more or less doesn’t make any difference. They care about screen size and being able to use it without too much hassle. If they get a phone without an audio jack half of them will just assume that they can’t plug earphones at all. And they are not the ones who will complain. But then, Fairphone isn’t marketed towards average users, so maybe their users have different priorities? Idk

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    • potustheplant@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You know why there aren’t more users complaining about this? Because they flat out did not buy the device for that reason (e.g. me). Removing the jack is also extremely hyprocritical coming from a “sustainable” company.

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  • kopasz7@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Very strange how mine can somehow fit a 7000mAh battery, dual SIM + SD card slot and a regular jack. Hmm…

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    • sexy_peach@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Is it repairable only with a screwdriver and parts you can buy from the manufacturer?

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  • Dogyote@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Okay, I’m going to ask… why don’t you use wireless?

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    • jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      wireless headphones run out of battery, and most seem to have atrocious build quality and battery life.

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    • Kannushi_Link@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Latency issue, in some use cases it’s not acceptable to have 0.1~0.3 sec lag, like racing games or rhythm games.

      (Yeah, I know there are some wireless protocols to make latency shorter, but it might cost a lot to buy a supported headphone, and it’s still useless if the phone doesn’t have proper protocol supports.)

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    • phantomwise@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      • They are expensive. You can get wired earphones for 2 euros that actually work and are reasonably durable. It’s not a great loss if they fall in a puddle or if I step on them.
      • They are a lot more failure prone. Half of those I tried didn’t work or only half worked, and those that did work didn’t last very long.
      • They have shitty range. I can use a 10 meters extension cord with wired earphones if I want to.
      • They require charging. And it’s a law of physics that everything that requires charging always run out at the most inconvenient time.
      • Also THEY ALWAYS GET LOST. Wireless earphones, mouse, controllers… it doesn’t matter, if it’s not attached with a cable they’ll just disappear.

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    • Allero@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      1.Wired headphones deliver better audio quality 2.Wired headphones are harder to lose 3.Wired headphones don’t need batteries, so: a)less e-waste b)no need to check if they are charged 4.Wired headphones are more secure, connection cannot be intercepted and phishing attacks with BT are not possible 5.While wired headphones are plugged, no one can take your phone without you noticing

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    • potustheplant@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Let me give you simple example. When I take a flight, I like to watch my own media. Those flights sometimes are upwards of 10 hours. If I use wireless earbuds, both the earbuds and my phone will run out of battery and I have to charge them separately. However, since I have a phone with a headphone jack, my earbuds never run out of battery, I can charge my phone while I’m using them and I don’t need to use a single adapter.

      Oh yeah, and the audio quality is also better.

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    • Severalkittens@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s about options. You can still use Bluetooth even with a phone that has a 3.5mm jack. I also run live sound and have used the ability to plug my phone directly into the board for background music multiple times.

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• anzo@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There’s a deGoogled version too!!

  I would prefer GrapheneOS (If I can live with the irony of getting a Pixel phone just to deGoogle it…). Sandboxing there is way better. But you lose the Repairability… Gotta check and compare the new EU metrics too.

  They are just two different devices.

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  • Mora@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I not only want a degoogled version but also a secure one. Sadly developing a secure android is rather hard. The Graphene team does it pretty well. Others try it too, but sadly they are not close.

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  • ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Degoogled version is €50 more, for whatever reason

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    • anzo@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      the reason: support for developers. You can install it yourself to save that amount.

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    • pinesolcario@lemy.lol ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      People don’t want to pay for privacy. That’s the real problem with end users. Imagine if more people did so. What a world we could have. Nah. Let’s be cheap AF!

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  • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I bet PostmarketOS will release for it

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  • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Is it really de-googled if it still runs Android?

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  • anzo@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Just an update, I learnt that GrapheneOS developers are ‘aggressive’ towards other FLOSS projects (following comments on other thread, but you can searx grepheneos+controversy and see for yourselves).

    So now, I might just prefer an FP6.

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  • kepix@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    is the bootloader locked with eos?

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• philthi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fuck these guys… Seriously. I bought a phone off of them hyped at the idea of the ethics. It didn’t work on arrival. Over 3 months later and not one single reply to my helpdesk request (other than the Automated acknowledgement of receipt).

  Unbelievably bad user experience, I went from hyped at the concept of reducing my production of electronic waste to beyond disappointed at a brutally bad user experience.

  The to make matters worse, they’ve already stopped producing spare parts for the fairphone 4 (which a friend of mine bought a while ago)… Like is that not the entire point of the phone, reduced consumption of new phones by supporting repairs. If you’re going to stop producing the spares at least release the patents then… if you really believe in the promoted ideals that you spout… Which they clearly do not.

  It turns out that it’s just another money hungry company hell bent on burning the planet down to see a line go up, as far as I’m concerned. All gaff to sell shite phones at higher prices.

  Do not buy.

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  • midtsveen@lemmy.wtf ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The to make matters worse, they’ve already stopped producing spare parts for the fairphone 4

    Your comment made me laugh! There’s no need to criticize the company if you’re having a bad day or don’t like it. It only takes a minute to check their website for spare parts. Most likely, it’s your local shop that’s out of stock, not Fairphone itself.

    shop.fairphone.com/shop/category/spare-parts-4?ca…

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  • kopasz7@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    All I needed to know was when they released their BT earbuds just when the jack port got removed to figure out where their priorities are.

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  • faerbit@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The to make matters worse, they’ve already stopped producing spare parts for the fairphone 4 What’s this then?

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  • sherlockhomeless@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What do you mean with stopped producing spare parts for FP4? They are still widely available

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  • Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What are you talking about? I exchanged multiple mails per day when I had a problem.

    Also as others have mentioned, the parts are still available on their website.

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• blunderworld@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Its too bad they dont ship to Canada. I’m in the market for a new phone and would seriously consider this.

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  • IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The state of mobile phone market in Canada is so frustrating. Not only is our market dominated by 3 players who refuse to actually compete with each other, but we miss out on half the cool phones that the rest of the world gets too.

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  • mesamunefire@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Same US. EU gets the best stuff.

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• Jagget@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  main camera, AI-powered low-light magic

  Can I turn it off? Can I? I just want my photos, the real ones, however bad they are. I don’t want them to be half generated.

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  • Railcar8095@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Just to be clear, unless you’re shooting RAW you never have your “real” photos. Every phone/camera performs massive amounts of post processing, including using ml models.

    AI is only a buzzword for something that has been the norm for a while.

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  • Bogasse@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Is there any chance this is the same HDR technology that has been around for at least 10 years, but using latest marketing buzzwords?

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  • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, it’s most likely just doing some “AI” (ML) denoising. Nothing to do with GenAI

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  • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    happy cake day!!

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• swagmoney@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  headphone jackn’t :(

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• gmtom@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I just want them to make a true flagship phone. I personally wouldn’t mind paying extra for a more ethical phone, if it had all the bells and whistles and wasn’t half obsolete straight out of the box.

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• Redex68@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Interesting that they seem to be using a consumer grade Snapdragon chip this time, typically they used weird chips ment for industry applications if I’m not mistaken. Wonder what sparked the change, did Qualcomm start supporting their chips for longer?

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• FG_3479@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I love the idea but the price is too high for the chip given that this is designed to be a lengevity phone. A chip like the 7s Gen 3 would make the phone sluggish after a couple of years with how unoptimised todays apps are.

  The Gorilla Glass 7i and IP55 water resistance are also concerning given that budget Samsung, Xiaomi, etc phones beat this.

  However having components of the phone being easily replacable is a great thing.

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• RejZoR@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Snapdragon 7s Gen3 is a pretty decent chipset. Decent display too. 8GB RAM is a bit on the low side. Camera is all about how good processing is. It’s not that crazy expensive if all works well and considering what their goal is.

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• fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  FP would be a good choice for Graphene.

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• Joeffect@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If they are all about swappable parts, and being able to upgrade your phone how you want … Shouldn’t this just be a module upgrade… Of the main part? Maybe I don’t understand it … At the very least the old parts should work with the new system right? Unless something major has changed.

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• drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Worth noting buying a second hand phone is still better in every aspect and sadly 2nd hand Samsung from 3 years ago is still better and cheaper. Though Fairphone is getting closer with each release!

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• srasmus@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Did some digging, but it doesn’t appear the band compatibility with US carriers is improved at all. Am I wrong here?

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• squirrelwithnut@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I would totally buy one of these if they were you in the US. Sadly, last time I checked the newest phone wasn’t sold here. So I doubt this one will be.

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• tonur@feddit.dk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I posted this elsewhere but the tech specs for the Fairphone 6 say the following:

  USB-C 2.0 (OTG capable) can be used to connect USB Sticks/SD-Cards/Audio Amplifier/Network-adapters directly

  I was really looking forward to use this with a pair of display glasses, like the XREAL One Pro, but this seems like the Fairphone 6 might not support display output? That’s sad. Especially since the Fairphone 5 had this in their tech specs:

  USB-C 3.0 (OTG capable) can be used to connect USB Sticks/SD-Cards/display (also Android™ desktop mode)/Camera/Audio Amplifier/Network-adapters directly

  But maybe it was not used enough?

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• MITM0@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ok but what about a headphone jack ?

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• bvoigtlaender@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Was really hoping to see a Fairphone 6a. Similar to the Google Pixel Series. Just a cheap version of it. I really don’t need 120Hz, OLED or “No Bezels” all i want is big battery and a headphone jack that is all.

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• carrylex@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Compared to the Fairphone 5 it has some improvements but also a few downsides: gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=13955&idPhone2…

  My pros and cons: Pro:

  • It’s a bit smaller (~4mm) and lighter (~20g)
  • Slightly better camera (future tests will tell how much better)
  • 120 Hz display
  • More RAM and storage (although I feel that the previous 6GB/128GB option was also sufficient for most users)
  • WiFi 6E Tri-Band (however you will likely never need this speed)
  • Bluetooth 5.4
  • Slightly larger battery

  Con:

  • Backpanel now requires a screwdriver
  • Display has less resolution/PPI
  • Performance of processor will likely be nearly identical to predecessor (however it’s more efficient and modern)
  • Downgrade to USB 2
  • 600€

  My conclusion: Overall the improvements are ok, however just releasing the Fairphone 5 with a newer SoC might have been the better/more cost effective choice. Sacrificing display resolution for 120 Hz feels also quite wrong. 600€ is very pricy for a phone like this. Cutting some premium features away like the 120 Hz display or a bit of RAM and storage (that you can extend anyway with an SD card) might have saved enough to get the launch price down to somewhere near 500€ which would make it accessible for a wider audience.

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• Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Image

  For real, though, what is it?

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• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  3.5mm Jack or - sadly - GTFO

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• Occhioverde@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I really respect Fairphone and I’m a happy owner of the Fairphone 5, but I find a bit puzzling for a company that suggests its customer should keep their phone for more than the 2.5 years average to release a new model just 2 years after the previous one.

  Just my two cents, but they shoul’ve focused on developing either a tablet or a smartwatch to fill a gap in other markets before announcing yet another smartphone.

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• potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  a few things i like:

  • moments is an interesting concept
  • it says you can toggle off gemini ai. this is good
  • display goes from 10-120hz for battery
  • ultrawide selfie camera
  • microsd card slot!
  • power button fingerprint scanner, way better than underscreen

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• raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fairphone has really gone off the deep end. 6 phone models in what? less than 12 years? That’s what they call dedication to sustainability? Really? They used to say the most sustainable phone is your old phone, assuming you can continue to use it. Yet - my Fairphone 1, still in good working order hardware-wise, I had to “scrap” because no more SW updates. When my FP2 hardware (charging port) eventually failed, they no longer sold the relevant spare parts.

  What good are exchangeable parts, if they are removed from the shop around the time that a well-treated phone might need them?

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• cosmicrookie@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My 3 greatest wishes are:

  Replaceable battery

  Replaceable usb charging port

  120 watt cahrging

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• absquatulate@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Is it me or did they get slightly more vague on their marketing materials, wrt the environmental impact ( at least compared to fp5 ) ?

  Also the battery seems a bit harder to replace, as you now need a screwdriver. It does appear to be more flush, so it may be due to size constraints.

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• rfr_Foglia@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fairphone is probably going to be my new phone when I upgrade.

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• mormund@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If I didn’t miss it, no wireless charging again… Some one told me they refuse to do it because it wastes electricity. To which I’d say, even just turning on a car probably uses magnitudes more energy than charging my phone wirelessly. I don’t want to mess up the USB C port if I don’t have to, thanks.

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• bonus_crab@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  love fairphone but i cant go bacl from graphene os. its so nice not having google attacjed to everything.

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