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Fairphone posted 83% year-on-year growth in Q4 2025 - A journey away from Big Tech to a more sustainable alternative (eurotechguide.com)

submitted 5 hours ago by FallenWalnut@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43965516

It is worth noting that both the hardware and software of Fairphone is heavily dependent on a Chinese company T2Mobile.

For those looking to avoid both US and Chinese companies, then the Jolla phone is the way to go.

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[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 9 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

I've been using a FP6 for over a month and I have no idea what you could be referring to

[–] aproposnix@scribe.disroot.org 14 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, same here. If I had to highlight a negative, its the poor placement of the volume keys, esp, because I'm left handed.. But the positives far outweigh the one annoyance. I love this thing. I fwwl like it's actually mine, and not just locked down.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Interesting, I would have guessed that being left handed would make the placement better. I've heard people don't like the button placement but it doesn't bother me. I have an iPhone for work as well and as far as I can tell the buttons are in the same place so 🤷

[–] aproposnix@scribe.disroot.org 2 points 3 hours ago

I keep hitting the volume key with my thumb and somehow getting the sound on mute. But its about learning new muscle control :) It would be cool if their were a software update where it would require a double click to activate the sound.

[–] Gamechanger@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 hours ago

Fairphone 5 for ~ 1 1/2 years. Not a single bug encountered...

[–] LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Sometimes after using the camera, the taken photos will just disappear.

Often my screen will freeze up and the ohone becomes entirely unresponsive until I turn the screen off and on again.

Sometimes the screen won't even turn on at all and will then suddenly unlock and register every single swipe and tap I made on the off screen registers at once.

Then sometimes when idle the phone will just randomly crash and reboot.

A genuinely awful experience I have to say.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Weird. Which model and OS is this happening on?

[–] LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 1 points 44 minutes ago

Fairphone 6, stock Android 15.

[–] WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I keep reading comments like this though. Are people just expecting too much?

[–] LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 3 points 2 hours ago

I don't think it's expecting a phone to not crash constantly and actually save the photos I'm taking.