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The Fairphone 5 price has been dropped to €499. The phone is designed to be the most advanced environmentally friendly smartphone. (shop.fairphone.com)

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I don't like smartphones. I use a dumbphone.

But this is a wonderful initiative.

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[-] ssfckdt 6 points 3 months ago

I've been meaning to look into PinePhone myself.

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[-] andallthat@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I like it a lot but I need two physical SIM slots so it doesn't work for me, unfortunately. But great idea and love the price drop

[-] arc@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

Fairphone don't sell replacement mainboards, presumably to stop people building phones from parts but they look very serviceable in other respects.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 4 points 3 months ago

Anyone know what the bootloader unlock process is like for Fairphone? I know they support it, but does it take 7 days like OnePlus or constantly have issues like Motorola?

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[-] FourWaveforms@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

They say it's supported until 2031.

What will a 5G phone with at most 8GB RAM have to offer in 2031?

[-] desktop_user 4 points 3 months ago

assuming it supports 5g calling and 5g lasts as long as 3g did it will still function for calls, MMS, SMS, and email at a minimum (assuming encryption doesn't change too much)

[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago

In what kind of bizarro world do we live that 8GB of RAM in a phone is not enough? Also 6G is currently expected to be available around 2030, so 5G will most likely still work in 2031.

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[-] Flukas88@feddit.it 4 points 3 months ago

Out of curiosity... how is doing that in 2025?

[-] Srootus@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Its fine, I haven't noticed any slowdown yet, the main issue right now is that there was a screen problem that caused the OLED pixels to stay on when a black screen was present. They removed the AoD while they fix it, they've fixed it a few months back, but we still don't have AoD.

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