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Comment on Valves iFixit partnership is a game changer

WitzigerWaschbaer@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Fairphone ist your answer. It got a maximum score from iFixit and you can order and replace all components easily. They also promise support until 2031, even picked an IoT Chipset for longer support.

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ToxicWaste@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
while I like the idea of Fairphone, last time i checked their flagship did not include an 3.5mm jack. This is simply not acceptable as i need it for my work. It is hard to find phones with a 3.5mm - even harder if you want to be able to repair them.

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- WitzigerWaschbaer@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yeah, sadly true, no 3.5mm jack on the fairphone 5.
  
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v4ld1z@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Can you recommend a model? I’ve seen in the past that some of their models didn’t really match their contemporaries in terms of power, so I didn’t really bother looking at them more in depth. However, my views and priorities have changed over the last couple years and getting a Fairphone would definitely be something worthwhile to consider once I must upgrade my phone.

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- WitzigerWaschbaer@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Well that is indeed the trade off. The IoT chipset does get long support, but it is not up on par with specialized phone chipsets. If you are looking for a powerful phone with a snappy experience, my impression is, the fairphone would probably not life up to that. It is a phone for people looking for repairability as the main feature.
  
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  - v4ld1z@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Well, my standards are pretty low. I’m currently using a Huawei P30 lite and have been using quite contently for the past 4 years or so. I imagine current Fairphones to be at least as good, right? Since the P30 Lite is a few years old by now.
    
    But I totally get what you mean, for sure! I’m not a snob when it comes to high-end specs, so I’d probably be fine with a lower-power phone. Evident from my current phone lol
    
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filister@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Can you upgrade the phone’s internals?

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- WitzigerWaschbaer@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Only some of them. As far as I remember they released a better camera for the fair phone 4 at some point, but its not like you can upgrade the chipset or the memory at the moment.
  
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