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Fairphone 5 Released (shop.fairphone.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by baseless_discourse@mander.xyz to c/technology@beehaw.org
 

With 5 years of OS support and 8 years of security update.

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[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You have a Qualcomm QCM 6490? Google told me, there is basically no phone out there that uses it, because it's an IoT SoC, not one made for phones.

[–] bbbhltz@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How did you end ab with that phone? I never heard of that company.

[–] bbbhltz@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I live in France, I wanted a phone with buttons that wasn't just an ODM with a different logo on it. It is an interesting company. I've had some contact with them. They are legit going to pull out of China and move production back to France. They uphold their 5 year warranty promise as well.

And, they update their stuff. I'm on Android 13 and apparently older devices are still receiving updates too.

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm getting some low-key Fairphone vibes there. Cool stuff!

[–] bbbhltz@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It would be pretty low-key. I wouldn't want to pry this phone open and then glue it back together. Fairphones are supposed to be rather easy to repair.

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's true. I meant the software support/warranty aspect.