Just got a fairphone 4. It feels so much more solid than my old pixel 6a. Its battery lasts for almost 2 days. Same performance that I can see. Spare parts for cheapish on the site.
Anyways just wanted to share.
Seems like a good phone indeed. I would like a tablet from them
Soo jealous! Would love to gett one but I’m not from Europe
I got the us one. But yeah I hear you.
Mint/T-Mobile works well in my area so that’s a plus.
Wait there’s a fairphone for the US? I’m not from there either, but definetly more accesible than EU lol, I’m gonna check that out
they’re sold by morena
+1
https://murena.com/america/products/smartphones/
In the US they offer phones that you can get with mobile service piggybacked on T-Mobile’s network. Prices seem fair if not pretty decent for even their unlimited data plan.
I just threw mint on top with a cheaper plan. Works well in my area.
Nice. Hard to beat mint’s prices, especially if your area has good coverage/service. Thanks for sharing about fairphone (didn’t know they were a thing before this haha)!
might be a stupid question, but why wouldn’t you be able to use it in the US, or any other country?
Different countries have different providers, use different radio frequencies, etc and thus have different hardware and so on. Phones made for a particular market might not function well (or at all) in another market. This has historically been a barrier to cross-border adoption, though it has gotten a bit better in recent years.
Different radio channels are often used in different regions to get the bits from phone to tower and back. Software-defined radio only goes so far, at some point the hardware RF filters and the like have to be compatible.
we use different frequency ranges for our cellular networks than most regions
Sorry, not sure what you’re trying to say. I tried saying “a fairphone from the US would be more accessible than from EU because of shipping. I live closer to the US”.
that makes perfect sense, thanks for the explanation.
Yeah and it works. 4/6.
Did you just buy it from the website and have it shipped to the US?
Any idea if its good on google fi?
How is the situation with the boot loader? And when will it be real Linux compatible?
If answers are “can be unlocked” and “Soon™️”, I gotta get one
Uh… yeah, kinda the point.
Bootloader is easily unlocked, and it runs ubuntu touch at least… Although I run with /e/os for practical reasons.
No idea. Although I would probably just get a USB mobile connection with a pi or something if I wanted gnu/Linux running. Just my opinion.
Postmarket is available for the FP4 but seems to be not really usable judging from the table:
https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices
I’m running Calyx (😭) on the FP5 atm, unlocking the bootloader seems to work for FP4 - 6:
https://www.fairphone.com/en/bootloader-unlocking-code-for-fairphone
Looks like Ubuntu Touch is also working on the FP4:
Does it run e/os/?
Yeah. Personally its OK. Does its job.
Murena sells a version with it pre-installed.
Nice!
How is the camera? The biggest thing locking me into Samsung is that every cheaper phone I’ve tried even cheaper fucking Samsungs, the camera is just pure ass slow sluggish, crashing.
FP4 camera is nothing to write home about. FP5 and FP6 are better, but still mostly mediocre quality.
Damn… 😕
I’m using a Ulefone armour 4 (I think), coming from a Samsung Note 10+ and I have found the camera to be a big downgrade. However, I have found that alternative camera apps can make a surprisingly large difference. The stock camera app was bad enough that it often didn’t feel worth it to even try taking a photo. I’m currently using OpenCamera from fdroid, and performance is far better now (though the quality is still a downgrade from before).
It’s annoying because I don’t care about fancy features and high end cameras, I just want something that will allow me to capture spontaneous photos
I dont know if you’re all 6’10" giants… But modern phones (including ALL fairphones) DO NOT FIT in my pants pockets…
Make Small Phones Great Again!!!
I agree with what you are saying but you are totally getting downvoted for the make small phones great again part.
But my god my little hands need a little phone again. I would like to reach across single hand texting
You need military type pants. I have no issues with phone sizes, I can fit four bottles of beer in my pants leaving the hands free to carry something when going down the stairs.
Batteries must get smaller first. Two days of smart phone usage is a battery bank ma fren. Alternative is to use a lower tech option but hard to find a middle ground.
Fuck big phones. Just got a nothing 3a and I fucking hate it’s ungodly width.
Did you really get a FP4 or did you mean 6?
Its much cheaper and parts are easier to find so appealed to me.
I want one. I just can’t justify the expense while my old phone still works.
Yeah I hear you. I waiting until my 6a had a cracked screen, battery needs charging multiple times a day, and the case is messed up as well.
How does the camera compare to other phones with good cameras?
Looks the same as the 6a. I can’t tell the difference.
Edit: I just read that OP is talking about FP4 not 6, which was released 4 years ago and had considerably worse camera performance compared to the new one. Also support for it will end next year.
~~There are reviews online about it that are better prepared than someone’s anecdote. Looks like it is about the same as many other midrange phones. Most probably not as good as a 6a, but the difference is not as big as in the past and they both lack telephoto lens. ~~
Camera is most important feature to me and it doesn’t even come close to the pixel sadly
Personally I would just get a camera at that point. They look tremendously better than the pixel line.
I shoot professionally and my pixel is my sidearm. These raw files are incredible and not even iPhone comes close
Some of my best paid photos are from a phone haha
If you’re wanting to max out your new phone you should purchase motioncam. Get raw video from your sensor like a cinema camera. Apple users could only dream of this
I will use my current smartphone until it dies but then i would love to try the fairphone gen6!
Just got a fairphone 4. It feels so much more solid than my old pixel 6a. Its battery lasts for almost 2 days. Same performance that I can see. Spare parts for cheapish on the site. Anyways just wanted to share.
Running LineageOS on mine. By the way things have been going for the last couple of years, it’s probably the first phone I’ll be using for as long as my old Nokia brick, even though I don’t like its gigantic size.
I do see a future problem in there being no aftermarket components available, but maybe that will change and official manufacturer spare parts are still better than no spare parts.Removed by mod
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