the big irony to me, is everytime they announce a new one, i want to upgrade to it, but im supposed to stay on my old phone until it is barely usable.
Think of new phone models as refreshes for people in the market at the time, rather than something you need to get. If you have a good phone from the last 5 years or so, you are not missing out on anything.
This is what most people I know do, the only exceptions being tech enthusiasts and people with fuck-you money
My phone has it’s 10th birthday next year, only thing I think I’m missing is 5G, and probably vital security updates.
This is a problem I have with tech YouTubers and how they often compare phones directly with last years model. It’s always inevitably not worth upgrading from their POV. For a while there MKBHD would compare the new model to a, I’m guessing a little, 3 year old model which is much more realistic since most people aren’t upgrading sooner than that.
Can always sell. It's an upgrade to somebody.
Consumption under capitalism something something
The good thing about fairphones is that they are still great secondhand, so you could pass the fairphone bug onto someone else who needs a new phone with your old phone and get the newer one for yourself I guess
The Murena tax on these items is crazy. 34% increase in prices to have them shipped to US.
But we're just so free!
Wow that's a lot. I imported mine from Clove UK.
No mention of adding the audio jack back. Sad, because it would be a solid phone with one.
Also, imo, it's a huge miss when marketing for less e waste
What they did with the wireless earbuds is amazing. User replaceable batteries on an earbud is something I hadn't seen before. And definitely kudos to them for doing that.
But skipping on the audio jack, which could have saved so much e waste too, was such a bad take.
They did the earbuds because they can charge you 100€ for them, and then you're essentially locked to their battery subscription for when the batteries eventually fail every year. It was just a coincidence that they had just removed the audio jack before releasing them.
Sony Xperia devices have audio jacks + good support for custom ROMs usually. They don't have the Fairphone bits of repairability and modularity though.
The upcoming Commodore flip phone is going to have an audio jack with an audiophile (whatever that means) DAC.
Why is it USB 2.0? This would have been a great chance to undo the downgrade when they released the base version.
The lack of a headphone jack was already a factor, but the usb 2.0 was the reason I ended up deciding to get a different phone.
I love that fairphones have kept the SD card slot. Now make them a bit smaller and they'd be perfect.
Now if only we could get the headphone jack 😭
Check out Sonys xperias, they are less wide than most phones and has kept both jack and card
My current phone is an Xperia but Sony is slowly pulling out of Europe. They're not sold in my country anymore and I don't know if I'll be able to get one when I need a new phone. Sony is not exactly a reliable company.
USB 2.0, wifi 6.0. Why did they make such a choice in 2026 ? We want last tech not a retro phone.
Fairphone is not about the latest tech. They tend to go for well-supported hardware to ensure longterm support.
They're also not meant to be flagship phones. These specs are pretty common in midrange phones still (and also completely fine for the majority of people).
WiFi 6… okay. The radios are expensive, I get it.
USB 2.0 though? Not even 3?
That is just unacceptable. It is such a tremendous pain on base iPhones too, and why? To save a nickel?
How often and how much are you transferring to your phone via USB?
Frequently.
I plug into a dedicated camera to transfer media, sometimes, or as a secondary viewfinder and USB 2.0 makes my bones ache.
I plug in to backup, to transfer a download real quick, all sorts of things…
I want a Fair phone 6 Minus. Smaller phones please!
Instead of a Plus version they should just offer upgraded parts for the base phone.
Not interested unless and until they decide to put the headphone jack back in. Removing it was not "fair", nor was their nonsense justification.
By pure chance, they released a wireless earbud product after removing the headphone jack. Just coincidence, really.
And then, they've come up with the silliest excuses for not having an audio jack. Truly silly excuses. They said it would take up too much space. Then they said it would reduce durability. Then they said it somehow reduced user choice and their freedom to use their phones as they want. And then they just said using their own dongle is better.
I really like the idea behind the fairbuds, and I was really considering buying a fairphone. But this whole audio jack debacle has made it clear that despite very wide pushback (that they themselves admit), they don't care about what users want and will prioritize profits.
It's kinda sad seeing such a cool sounding company have a meltdown over not wanting to add a simple audio jack. And it definitely has soured their image for me. I'm no longer considering their phones.
By pure chance, they released a wireless earbud product after removing the headphone jack.
Exactly. They pulled an Apple. Create a problem. Sell the solution. That just undermined their entire mission in my eyes.
But this whole audio jack debacle has made it clear that despite very wide pushback (that they themselves admit), they don’t care about what users want and will prioritize profits.
Where are you getting this "prioritise profits" line from? They have reported losses for the last three financial years, and in 2022 (the last year they were profitable) Fairphone had a profit margin of 0.07%.
If you want a device with good custom ROM support + headphone jack, the Sony Xperia devices seem quite good. The Xperia 10 VII is a budget to midrangeish plastic fantastic 6.3" device (like the Fairphone) with the jack, microSD card slot, and support for LineageOS as well. You also have the Xperia 1 series, which also have good LineageOS support, but those devices are larger and more expensive (you do get better chip, cameras, etc. though), as well as the Xperia 5 line (more expensive, but not larger)
It does kind of suck that the Fairphone had the jack removed though, following the trend of other big companies doing the same. I think the only one still putting the headphone jack in all their devices is Sony's Xperia brand, and Motorola if you discount their Razr foldable.
Current fairphone owner, but my must have for my next phone is the ability to install Graphene.
Without that, umtgoing to Motorola. Can't even attempt to use e/os, as the installer won't function on mine.
It's not an option for me if it can't run GrapheneOS unfortunately.
Pretty sure the Bootloader in unlockable (at least they were in the past?) and support(ed) mainline Linux kernel for an actual Linux mobile OS.
Idk, to me that sounds way better than staying on a google device.
I think i've heard graphene-heads say the Pixels have some specific hardware features that make them more secure and is the reason graphene only works on them. Still i'm not gonna give google any money, i'd rather vote with my wallet and get an FP next
If the cameras were significantly improved, I'd probably upgrade and gift my current FP6 to my niece. Looks like they're exactly the same though. For my use cases, I don't see any point in having more RAM or a better SoC in my phone, FP6 will serve me just fine on that front for many years.
I still have my 4. Wonderful phones!
My phone is 8 years old. I really need a new one, but i also need a keyboard...
So it will be the clicks communicator.... Hope it will come in a good shape :)
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