A lot easier to buy a samsung and get rid of the bloatware. Much more powerful too. Fairphone seems like a gimmick to me.
Do you understand the selling point of this phone or not?
It’s is almost always a lot easier to pay less for a superior product that is less ethical and environmentally friendly.
Dangit Fairphone where were you 6 months ago when I was looking for a new phone.
I’m getting vibes of early OnePlus or Nexus devices and what they were aiming for. Pretty cool!
That’s a step in the right direction, hopefully in the future phones will be more like computers, where you can buy parts and build your own. At least that’d be my dream.
Years ago google was looking at doing a modular phone. It was basically a frame with modules on the back that contained the battery, storage, cameras, and even the processor. The screen was even replaceable in a similar way. I really want someone to do another project ara.
I think that was called project aria or ara… something like that. A fully modular phone seems so great! I hope that concept is used someday like the Framework uses on their laptops for ports.
I remember that, I liked the idea except for Google being involved. The dream would be a fully modular phone running Linux. I don’t ever see that becoming a reality, but hey.
What do you mean by “running Linux”? Android is Linux.
By that logic MacOS is FreeBSD. Android has a modified Linux kernel, doesn’t run GNU software or basically any Linux applications natively and it has a bunch of Google proprietary crap on top of it, when I mean “running Linux” I mean running a FOSS GNU/Linux distro.
There’s Android forks out there that avoid Google’s crap. LineageOS and GrapheneOS come to mind. Though I’m less familiar with all that.
I know, but you’re still at the mercy of Google’s upstream codebase. Don’t get me wrong, degooglefying Android is better than nothing but it’s not the ideal we should be striving for.
Right, getting a Linux phone to work well still hasn’t been achieved, let alone on modular hardware!
Well not all computers can be upgraded unfortunately. Looking at you MacBooks with SSDs welded to the motherboard…
Well, that’s not a PC, it’s a Mac :P
There aren’t lots of compact devices that are upgradable, even on windows. Most use soldered ram and flash storage.
Which sucks because there was a time when some laptops let you change all the parts, including the CPU.
Then maybe it’s time we changed that!
It’s already happening:
Framework devices are cool as heck, but damn are they expensive…
Maybe if you spec them out.
But it’s like $1000 for the midrange model with the latest hardware, which is in line with the competition.
And the first upgrade you do will end up saving money, since you won’t have to replace the whole laptop.
But it is a computer.
Yeah I love Justin Long but man those were fucking lame ads.
I support the idea, but I’m really skeptical. I bought the fairphone 2 when it came out and it just couldn’t keep up anymore after 2 years. My understanding was that there would be upgradable modules but the only thing I got was a little bit better camera and case.
It would be great if there wouldn’t be the need for more and more models but simply better modules to upgrade with the time.
I have a Fairphone 3 for several years now and if it dies I will probably get another Fairphone. The camera could be better but I’m alright with it. The audio is broken when recording concerts. But I actually like my phone and it’s pretty robust too.
dang
it looks like it doesn’t come with an expandable microsd slotNo it does. At least mine has one
Yeah same here. The micro SD slot is inside after you remove the battery.
Fairphone was literally my top choice before I bought my current smartphone, until I found out I couldn’t get it. So this is great, hopefully they still sell it whenever I update my phone (which won’t happen for a few years). Several other people have already commented something along these lines, but I’m just happy about it.
I have a Fairphone 4 and I’m very happy with it. Strong recommend.
Hopefully United Staters get the FP4 and we get the FP5
ooooooh right in the middle of my moving to open source software arc too, could be fun
I have a fariphone 4 since it was released and I’m very happy with it. It’s does not have the most powerful or newest specs, if you only care about performance the price is pretty high, but you wouldn’t buy one if that’s your priority anyway and so far, it works great.
This phone, with e/OS, is my dream phone right now. Just need to wait for my iPhone 12 to die…in like 5-10 years :D
I love my Fairphone 3. This is great news.
I have it and I’m pretty happy with it, but for some reason I have dropped this phone way more often than any phone I had before. Idk if this is a me issue, but maybe get a protective case from the start (unlike me)
