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The Fairphone 5 price has been dropped to €499. The phone is designed to be the most advanced environmentally friendly smartphone. (shop.fairphone.com)
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I don't like smartphones. I use a dumbphone.

But this is a wonderful initiative.

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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 73 points 1 week ago (37 children)

I really wish this was available in the US. I've found myself able to hang on to devices longer and longer. So this would be perfect. I'm only charging my battery to 80% and discharging it to 30% before charging it again just to prolong the life of the battery because that's the first thing that dies on most devices. Having a user replaceable battery again would be an absolute godsend.

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

I'm interested in this one also. I like the look of it. Currently a long-time Pixel user, but I'm open to other options. It will take a truly good camera to pull me away, though.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Sometimes last year Marquez Brownlee (I think it was him, I don't think it was Dave2D) was conducting a blind test among his audience which Photos they thought looked best. Some top brands were jumping up and down from one test scenario to another but the Fairphone ended up in the midfield constantly. True, that's not a glowing recommendation of the camera but at least an insurance that one doesn't get utter trash either.

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Do you recall which ones scored the highest?

[–] SqueakyBeaver@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago

iirc, it's typically the pixel a series, normal pixel series, the most expensive iPhone, and the Samsung flagship (or smth like that)

The Pixels tend to give really punchy contrast which a lot of people like

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not off the top of my head but I distinctly remember that the Pixel A phone scored higher than the flagship Pixel model.

I would need to look the video up but I'm also between appointments, so I can comment for a bit but not do research.

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