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[โ€“] NickeeCoco@piefed.social 18 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

This is nice - I've been using Fairphones for a while: I started with a Fairphone 2 and used it for 7 years until the OS end-of-life, and now I'm on the Fairphone 5. Maybe with things being more open it can keep going for longer this time

[โ€“] amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Can you give more details about using it? What can you say about the picture quality? I have been eyeing it for quite some time now. At the moment I have a pixel 7 pro

[โ€“] NickeeCoco@piefed.social 9 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Well, in normal operation, it's a very standard Android phone. The OS out of the box is vanilla android (although it's easy to put a custom ROM on if you want). The camera is fine but not spectacular - I still use a dedicated camera if I care about a picture, but it's fine for random snapshots. Basically, if it came in a white box that just said "phone" on it, it's what you'd expect to be inside, except for the fact you can take it apart and put it back together.

After using the 5 for a couple of years, I don't really have any complaints other than it's a bit too easy to double-tap the power button. The battery life has held up, and I still don't feel the need to swap it out yet.

On my FP2, I had to replace the screen. The way it happened was a good example for why repairable phones are good. It was broken but still usable, so I ordered the new screen, then swapped it out in a minute or so after it arrived; basically no downtime.

[โ€“] Sunshine@piefed.ca 5 points 5 hours ago

Youโ€™re an inspiration for environmentalists!

[โ€“] Ghoelian@piefed.social 16 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

That's awesome. Does that also mean projects like UBPorts will have an easier time porting Ubuntu touch to the fp6?

[โ€“] Sunshine@piefed.ca 4 points 5 hours ago

Yes because more eyes can view the code.

[โ€“] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 hours ago

Sell in Canada please.

[โ€“] maam@feddit.uk 5 points 4 hours ago

From what we have seen, there are not a lot of brands currently who offer the necessary resources for smartphone users to develop and run their own custom Android builds on their devices. One is Sony, who lets you play with their Xperia devices. Another one, we are happy to report, is Fairphone.

[โ€“] BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de 2 points 4 hours ago

maybe iodรฉOS can now implement the moment switch as well :)

[โ€“] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Good maybe someone can now fix the half broken mess that is the Fairphone 5. After two Fairphones with buggy software, I am so done with them.

[โ€“] jlow@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 hours ago

What's the problem with it? I'm using the FP5 with Calyx custom ROM (yes, I know ...) and I'm super happy with it.

[โ€“] Cyber@feddit.uk 1 points 36 seconds ago

I have a FP3 and ditched most of the standard apps for anything else from fdroid... that helped me.

Or was it the firmware you're referring to?

[โ€“] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago

Tell me about its 3.5mm jack. From this canary I learn what's truly important to a company, customers or profits.