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INFO!!! fairphone DOES SUPPORT CUSTOM ROMS!!!

i like the idea of a fairphone. i dun wana buy one tho - if it doesn hav the features i need/wan.

if fairphone had all dis stuff - it would hav a genuine moat, besides the sustainability stff-

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[-] techognito@lemmy.world 61 points 5 days ago

I don't fully understand this "I won't buy a fairphone, because it doesn't have a audio jack" way of thinking. Are there any phones that actually has a jack and still gets updates?

I agree it would be a nice feature, but the few I have spoken to, whom actually complain about this, has ended up buying another phone that IMO is worse and also has no jack.

I'm just confused, not trying to be negative or mean towards anyone.

[-] maya@piefed.blahaj.zone 44 points 5 days ago

I'm writing this comment on a Oneplus 6, which has a headphone jack. Since I'm using PostmarketOS on this sucker, I also get all up-to-date packages and kernel. 😎️

[-] transebding_the_binary 5 points 5 days ago

What you daily drive postmarket OS?

How is it for daily use?

[-] maya@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago

Depends what you need on a daily basis. GPS does not work, even if it did, I have never gotten routing to work correctly in Pure maps. The photos are cropped-in, have a green tinge, and a faint blocky pattern mixed in, on the one back camera that works. You need to open an overlay that gives you a slider to control focus and exposure, since IIRC that stuff is not in the gnome camera app. The front camera is completely pink. No suspend, since the phone will not unsuspend for sms and phone calls. Firefox on a mobile screen is also pretty sketchy, especially when you start using add-ons.

However, for all those woes, there are some pretty cool advantages (phosh DE on oneplus 6):

  • Images in the clipboard
  • App overview keeps apps in the same order
  • Calendar and ticket box plugins to use in the lock screen.
  • Logging into Nextcloud in the settings is all you need for contacts, files, and calendar sync. No dav5x needed like on Android.
  • No notification spam from system apps like is default on Android.
  • No need to learn new apps, they are the same ones I use on my desktop.
  • apk, the alpine package manager, is wicked fast imo
  • Most of the apos I use are gtk4, so it's pretty visually consistent.
[-] Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip 31 points 5 days ago

Motorola has been keeping models with headphone jacks still in place. I don't know about all of their models, though, could just be on certain ones.

Was one of the things that pushed me to picking my current phone.

[-] severalkittens@ani.social 21 points 5 days ago

My Xperia has audio jack and SD card slot and still gets updates, and unlockable bootloader for when it doesn't anymore

[-] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yes, Asus' flagship for sure as I've had them since most manufacturers removed it. I think there's a couple of others but I've been very happy with the two Asus phones I've used for about five years now.

[-] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 17 points 5 days ago

Nokia XR20 has a big battery and headphone jack.

[-] Tkpro@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

I'm still using a galaxy S10 specifically because there aren't any phones on the market that have a headphone jack that I like.

It has 512gb storage, 6gb ram, removable sim and expandable storage. Just replaced the battery off ifixit. Only issue is no eSIM support for international travel but that's a small price to pay.

[-] sem 1 points 5 days ago
[-] Tkpro@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Same way still. Samsung is a bit slower in rolling them out to older phones generally but that's almost a good thing with all of the AI pushes and unnecessary bloat

[-] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 15 points 5 days ago

When I was shopping for a new phone I checked what models could run custom mods and had > 5 years of support. I came up with Fairphone and Pixel. Neither had jack, dual sim or SD card. Fairphone was about 2x more expensive. It was a simple choice. Now, if Fairphone would have a dual sim and a jack I would have probably paid extra.

[-] techognito@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Is dual sim a must or is esim an option? I use 2 sims, but it's 1 regular and 1 esim.

If esim isn't an option. I would like to learn why

[-] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 3 points 5 days ago

In my previous job they gave a phone for on calls. My phone was dual SIM so I just plugged the work SIM into my phone and didn't have to carry both phones. Now when I see a dual SIM phone I think "this could come in handy one day" but it's not a must have for me.

[-] Zorsith 3 points 5 days ago

Maybe prepaid sims purchased with cash? Its a degree of anonymity i guess?

[-] Mozingo@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

I used to buy LG phones for the headphone jack before they stopped making phones. Now I have a sony xperia 5 iv and they just announced they're going to stop selling phones in the US... Ugh

[-] DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago

My Fairphone 3 has a headphone jack and is running the most recent build of LineageOS, so yeah.

[-] transebding_the_binary 7 points 5 days ago

The Sony Xperia 1 VII(totally not a confusing Name) has a headphone jack and get 4years of updates and 6 of security. It is a very niche phone thought but still a flagships. It also has an SD card slot.

Point being there are phones and even high end phones out there that have these features, however it's rare which sucks

[-] witx@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 5 days ago

It's so weird, I just don't get it. Wires are irritating, they get stuck everywhere and transport the sound of them scratching on your clothes which is annoying.

[-] sem 3 points 5 days ago

In a perfect world my phone would have the headphone jack but I'd mostly use Bluetooth headphones for exactly that reason.

The only thing that might convince me that phones are more perfect without it would be if it's hard to make it waterproof with a headphone jack. But they seem to deal with usb c holes and speaker holes fine though, so idk.

[-] Unlix86 5 points 5 days ago

My motorola moto g55 I'm typing this on has updates and a jack

[-] black0ut@pawb.social 5 points 5 days ago

Writing this on a OnePlus Nord CE4 Lite 5G. It's not an old model, you can still buy them new from the manufacturer with years of updates. It has a 3.5mm jack.

[-] drosophila 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The phone I'm typing this on right now has an audio jack and still gets updates.

[-] nope@jlai.lu 2 points 4 days ago

Writing this from one of the xiaomi redmi note pro. Up until the 11 pro, all of them had audio jack+microsd+sim slot. (Jack disappeared starting from the 14 pro series) Getting updates monthly from my custom ROM.

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

newest sony phone does

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