Android

People who want to replace a battery without paying $150 for genuine parts and labour. At least that's who I am. 😅

Just going by what I read about BT problems and apps crashing from Canadian Amazon site. I screwed up when I got rid of my Pixel 4...it ran Ubuntu Touch no problem.

Having said that...how has your phone perform since you bought it because I am on the market to switch from Android..?

Ask if you'd like, I've been using one for half a year.

Think of new phone models as refreshes for people in the market at the time, rather than something you need to get. If you have a good phone from the last 5 years or so, you are not missing out on anything.

Can always sell. It's an upgrade to somebody.

But we're just so free!

Also, imo, it's a huge miss when marketing for less e waste

Sony Xperia devices have audio jacks + good support for custom ROMs usually. They don't have the Fairphone bits of repairability and modularity though.

The lack of a headphone jack was already a factor, but the usb 2.0 was the reason I ended up deciding to get a different phone.

Now if only we could get the headphone jack 😭

Fairphone is not about the latest tech. They tend to go for well-supported hardware to ensure longterm support.

They're also not meant to be flagship phones. These specs are pretty common in midrange phones still (and also completely fine for the majority of people).

WiFi 6… okay. The radios are expensive, I get it.

USB 2.0 though? Not even 3?

That is just unacceptable. It is such a tremendous pain on base iPhones too, and why? To save a nickel?

With the last plus version (fairphone 3+), that was exactly what they did. It'll be the same here I figure.

By pure chance, they released a wireless earbud product after removing the headphone jack. Just coincidence, really.

And then, they've come up with the silliest excuses for not having an audio jack. Truly silly excuses. They said it would take up too much space. Then they said it would reduce durability. Then they said it somehow reduced user choice and their freedom to use their phones as they want. And then they just said using their own dongle is better.

I really like the idea behind the fairbuds, and I was really considering buying a fairphone. But this whole audio jack debacle has made it clear that despite very wide pushback (that they themselves admit), they don't care about what users want and will prioritize profits.

It's kinda sad seeing such a cool sounding company have a meltdown over not wanting to add a simple audio jack. And it definitely has soured their image for me. I'm no longer considering their phones.

I wouldn't get my hopes up too much with motorola. They only mentioned the graphene collab like once in passing, and with how they're managed these days they probably don't even remember it.

Pretty sure the Bootloader in unlockable (at least they were in the past?) and support(ed) mainline Linux kernel for an actual Linux mobile OS.

Idk, to me that sounds way better than staying on a google device.