Just got a Fairphone 6 a few months ago. The longer I have it, the more confused I am why not everyone is buying one. New phones haven’t had noteworthy features for years, and a Fairphone is so much cheaper than basically any other option, and looks and feels great.
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SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 1 day ago
My Fairphone 4 is fat as hell, but I get to replace the battery easily :)
ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 19 hours ago
shalafi@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
People can’t afford Fairphones because they don’t get a deal on them from their cellular provider. An extra $7/mo. on the cell bill is easier to swallow than $650 up front.
RopeSlinger@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
My provider doesn’t even support the Fairphones :( stuck with a Google Pixel 7 running GrapheneOS until another option comes around
arrow74@lemmy.zip 22 hours ago
I’m hoping for a fairphone once my current phone wears out.
I’ve only ever bought refurbished unlocked phones, but fairphone seems worth the price to buy new.
But if anyone needs a phone cheap buying a refurbished android that 2-3 gens old is surprisingly affordable. Usually getting it in purple saves $30-50 as well
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 hours ago
But if anyone needs a phone cheap buying a refurbished android that 2-3 gens old is surprisingly affordable
That might just change now that Androids can get more than 2-3 years of software updates too.
shalafi@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
There are companies on eBay that do nothing but refurbish Androids. My last purchase was $120 because it had a line of bad pixels at the edge of the screen. No problem!
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 hours ago
Considering them myself. Would be nice if their hardware got good enough to the point of supporting GOS w/ an interface similar to e/OS… that’d be gold.
protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 hours ago
no fat shaming