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.
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If you get it direct from the distributor then it just runs basic Android so there’s no reason it shouldn’t.
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It runs standard android (Fairphone OS), /e/OS with open source implementation of Google services, LineageOS completely without Google products, Linux and probably more.
It worked. I only use it from time to time. But 90% of the time its online rather than mobile.
I don’t want to mess with big $$ on my phone. Seems like a recipe for disaster.
Doesnt everybody Need a banking app?💀
I’ve been running Lineage OS for quite a while now. No issues with my banking app, and it just took Magisk for the Wallet to work.
Same with e/OS on Fairphone 4. My banking app is working just fine for years now.
Yeah, though I’m using LineageOS instead of /e/, my bank apps work.
Fairphone with normal Android is just like any other android phone. The only difference for a normy would be the transparent back that you can pop open.
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
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.
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!
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.
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
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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.I will use my current smartphone until it dies but then i would love to try the fairphone gen6!
