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zBarba t1_ja2feta wrote

Fairphone totally beats this on repairability and software updates

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LikesTheTunaHere t1_ja31zwb wrote

but can you use a fairphone as a hammer, blackjack, tire wedge, speed bump, or a brick?

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zBarba t1_ja39y1y wrote

i wouldn't advise that, but it is kinda heavy and does feel robust.

For sure i don't treat it kindly, falls very frequently

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just_here_for_SFW t1_ja87iee wrote

Mine has fallen on the road while riding a bike. Screen didn't crack. 10/10 would recommend.

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LikesTheTunaHere t1_ja87lul wrote

But did the road crack? Cause if it was a nokia the road would have cracked.

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PulmonaryPalminpsest t1_ja36yhu wrote

I have been looking at Fairphone. Do you have experience with them?

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just_here_for_SFW t1_ja8fbkf wrote

It's supported by lineageOS so you can run Android 12 on a Fairphone2 (2015). Apparently Fairphone themselves supports Android 10, which considering they started on 5.1 is not bad at all!

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PulmonaryPalminpsest t1_ja8fog4 wrote

Let's pretend I'm dumb, what is lineageOS?

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just_here_for_SFW t1_ja8otu8 wrote

An open source operating system based on Android. It is basically like Android just it's not build by Google. But because of it, there are builds for hardware not otherwise supported!

Like there is still support for the Galaxy SIII

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PulmonaryPalminpsest t1_ja8pbxp wrote

So I guess you have to install it in someway? Is installing a new OS difficult?

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just_here_for_SFW t1_ja90r17 wrote

It was intimidating the first time because the instructions say it can brick your phone, but to be honest it was pretty easy. Basically it's just copy paste the instructions in a command line tool. What is nice is there is updates weekly, so security patches are up to date. Those are click and forget from within the phone (like normal updates) and just version updates require the command-line again, but the second time it's way less nerveracking!

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zBarba t1_ja39o33 wrote

I have the fairphone 4 and it's great so far, I'm planning to keep it at least 10 years

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Savinien83 t1_ja4zmig wrote

I started with Fairphone 2. Painful experience, there were a lot of problem. Uograded to Fairphone 3: problem solved, work like a charm. Don't plan to upgrade to 4 before a few years. Already dropped it in my bath, easily replaced the mic module.

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