I am looking for my next smart phone.

It seems like I will choose between a Fairphone 6 or Nothing 3 (or any other phone) How do these phones compare?

      • Lfrith ( Lfrith@lemmy.ca ) English
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        9 months ago

        It likely doesn’t matter if you install LineageOS on it. When I look into phones at the very minimum I check to make sure it has support from LineageOS, since I don’t want to run or sign into Google apps on my phone. Better if it can run GrapheneOS, but that’s unfortunately only available for Google Pixel.

  • thesdev ( thesdev@feddit.org ) English
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    9 months ago

    Both are midrange. If you’re basing your desicion on a cause (which seems to be the case as you’re posting here) the sustainability aspects of Fairphone (both environmental and social) should make it a clear winner for you. It also has official /e/os/ support (European de-googled Android) if you ever decide to go down that path in the future.

  • JustEnoughDucks ( JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl ) English
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    9 months ago

    We need to have a pinned post about nothing on this community.

    Nothing is a Chinese company with American investors, using the UK marketing office as a tax haven, there is nothing European about it.

    All of the electronics are designed and produced in China, all of the firmware is designed and written in China, most or all of the software is written in China. All of the electronics & technical job postings from then since inception have been for their Chinese office. (Disclaimer, the past year they had 1-2 software engineering jobs posted at their london office, so maybe sometime in the future, they will start writing a bit of the software in europe)

    All of their smart watches and their whole CMF line is ODM’ed (white labeled) by fully Chinese companies, that is why they are all completely generic dime-a-dozen base designs.

    Their CEO has had a history of misleading and/or lying with his other Chinese company he started, and has worked in the Chinese smartphone industry for 15 years in China. Sure he grew up in Sweden, but that is literally the only EU-related affiliation the company has, and he didn’t put the headquarters marketing office in Sweden because he is dodging taxation.

  • cabbage ( cabbage@piefed.social ) English
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    9 months ago

    I have great experiences with Fairphone, have every intention to stick with them for years to come. I’m on the FP5 now, but FP6 looks like an upgrade, and I have heard nothing bad about it.

    • Javi ( javiwhite@feddit.uk ) English
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      9 months ago

      +1 for volla rec. They can come preloaded with either their custom android OS, or Ubuntu touch. If you select the android OS, you can dual boot Ubuntu touch too I believe.

      • KaninchenSpeed ( KaninchenSpeed@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English
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        9 months ago

        Writing this from PostmarketOS on the fp5, it does run, but getting mobile data to work is an adventure (at least with my isp). I haven’t tried the WIP kernel to get the speaker working, the mic doesn’t work at all currently, so only calling with a bluetooth headset. Battery life is a bit less than android. I’ll probably dual boot with Ubuntu Touch or Lineage for the next while.

        If your ok with the thickness of the fp5, then get it over the fp6. Linux and custom rom support is much better, also usb 3.

  • ashughes ( ashughes@feddit.uk ) English
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    9 months ago

    FWIW, I am back on my FP4 after returning a FP6. The hardware on the 6 is definitely an upgrade but there were some quality control and design issues that were frustrating. Chief among them is the decision to go from a toolless access to the internals to one requiring a screwdriver.

    I liked the idea initially as I understand it allowed them to improve the IP rating, but it introduces multiple points of failure, ie. the screws. I’m sure there’s going to be people frustrated when they inevitably strip one of these screws and can’t get the back cover reinstalled, but mine came from the factory with two of them stripped.

    That is to say nothing about the fact that not everyone has a screwdriver or will carry one with them in case they need to open the phone while away from home.

    For my purposes that’s a fatal flaw I hope they address with a FP7 someday. Until then I’ll stick with my FP4.

  • ADTJ ( ADTJ@feddit.uk ) English
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    9 months ago

    These are actually the two phones my partner and I have and we’re both very happy with our choices.

    I really like the sustainability and European angle of Fairphone, my two main gripes with it are that the battery life isn’t quite as good as my previous phone which theoretically had a lower capacity and that it only has USB2, which I guess means it’ll never support the upcoming Android 16+ desktop mode