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.

  • xpey
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    258 days ago

    Soo jealous! Would love to gett one but I’m not from Europe

    • mesaOP
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      158 days 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
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        208 days 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

            • mesaOP
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              7 days ago

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

              • @jimjam5@lemmy.world
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                17 days 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
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          88 days ago

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

          • higgsboson
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            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
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            58 days 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
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            38 days 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”.

          • The Quuuuuill
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            38 days ago

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