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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.

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[-] mesamunefire@piefed.social 12 points 1 day ago

I got the us one. But yeah I hear you.

Mint/T-Mobile works well in my area so that's a plus.

[-] xpey@piefed.social 16 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 day ago
[-] jimjam5@lemmy.world 10 points 18 hours ago

+1

https://murena.com/america/products/smartphones/

In the US they offer phones that you can get with mobile service piggybacked on T-Mobile’s network. Prices seem fair if not pretty decent for even their unlimited data plan.

[-] mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I just threw mint on top with a cheaper plan. Works well in my area.

[-] jimjam5@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Nice. Hard to beat mint’s prices, especially if your area has good coverage/service. Thanks for sharing about fairphone (didn’t know they were a thing before this haha)!

[-] lusterko0@kbin.earth 6 points 1 day ago

might be a stupid question, but why wouldn't you be able to use it in the US, or any other country?

[-] higgsboson@piefed.social 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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.

[-] ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] xpey@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

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".

[-] lusterko0@kbin.earth 1 points 8 hours ago

that makes perfect sense, thanks for the explanation.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

we use different frequency ranges for our cellular networks than most regions

[-] mesamunefire@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

Yeah and it works. 4/6.

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