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Launching Fairphone 3

23 points by thekyle 7y ago

m463 7y ago
I think it's nice that someone is working for ethical hardware. Is it possible to run more ethical software that doesn't track you? (not google-based android)
- flukus 7y ago
  Librem 5 (https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/) is doing just that, a standard linux phone running standard linux apps with upstream drivers. Most of the software effort going into librem 5 could be directly applicable to this. The barrier will be any proprietary drivers in the fairphone, but there is a lot of opportunity for their efforts to be very complimentary.
  - bradknowles 7y ago
    Hmm. Not Android. CPU separation from baseband. Sounds good!
kop316 7y ago
I was looking through the how tos, I like that they make it easy to repair. Do they give tutorials on how to compile AOSP on it, so you can make your own ROM? I couldn't find that nor how to unlock the bootloader
- throwaway-9320 7y ago
  If Fairphone 2 is any indication on how things will go then you will have no trouble installing whatever software you want on it. Not sure about instructions on how to compile AOSP, but I don't think that it will be impossible as LineageOS has managed to support the latest version of Android on Fairphone 2.
- kop316 7y ago
  It looks like I can't edit it, I found the AOSP tutorials here: https://code.fairphone.com/projects/fp-osos/dev/fairphone-os-build-instructions.html https://code.fairphone.com/projects/fp-osos/dev/fairphone-os...
bradknowles 7y ago
Okay, so does anyone have any tips on how I can go about buying one of these? I’m not seeing any obvious store links or anything..... I might not us it as a daily driver, but I’d like to support the project, if I can. And I’d like to get some experience with a version of Android that hasn’t been loaded with crap ware.
- Koshkin 7y ago
  https://shop.fairphone.com/en/ https://shop.fairphone.com/en/
  - flukus 7y ago
    Note that even well after the fairphone 2 release the link said pre-order and not buy now. I'm not sure if it was ever "for sale" as such or if they just did things in batches, or possibly just an oversight or translation error.
- bradknowles 7y ago
  Ugh. It’s priced in Euros and no obvious way to buy from the US. Sigh....
  - thekyle 7y ago
    From what I've been reading it seems like it might not work well on US carriers either, which is a bummer.
frittig 7y ago
I waited a long time for this phone. I've been looking for an easy to repair, future proofed phone for quite some time. The only problem is that the screen size is 5.65" and that is just too big for me. I may end up getting it due to all of the other features, but I don't think so. My hands are just to small.
throwaway-9320 7y ago
Would love to get one, but it's not every time that a company actually discourages buying a new phone if your old one still works: https://www.fairphone.com/en/2019/05/20/the-most-sustainable-phone-is-the-one-you-already-own/ https://www.fairphone.com/en/2019/05/20/the-most-sustainable... Really appreciate what they are doing here though, simple to repair phone with a sensible price tag.

23 points by thekyle 7y ago

m463 7y ago

I think it's nice that someone is working for ethical hardware. Is it possible to run more ethical software that doesn't track you? (not google-based android)

flukus 7y ago
Librem 5 (https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/) is doing just that, a standard linux phone running standard linux apps with upstream drivers. Most of the software effort going into librem 5 could be directly applicable to this. The barrier will be any proprietary drivers in the fairphone, but there is a lot of opportunity for their efforts to be very complimentary.
- bradknowles 7y ago
  Hmm. Not Android. CPU separation from baseband. Sounds good!

kop316 7y ago

I was looking through the how tos, I like that they make it easy to repair. Do they give tutorials on how to compile AOSP on it, so you can make your own ROM? I couldn't find that nor how to unlock the bootloader

throwaway-9320 7y ago
If Fairphone 2 is any indication on how things will go then you will have no trouble installing whatever software you want on it. Not sure about instructions on how to compile AOSP, but I don't think that it will be impossible as LineageOS has managed to support the latest version of Android on Fairphone 2.
kop316 7y ago
It looks like I can't edit it, I found the AOSP tutorials here: https://code.fairphone.com/projects/fp-osos/dev/fairphone-os-build-instructions.html https://code.fairphone.com/projects/fp-osos/dev/fairphone-os...

bradknowles 7y ago

Okay, so does anyone have any tips on how I can go about buying one of these? I’m not seeing any obvious store links or anything..... I might not us it as a daily driver, but I’d like to support the project, if I can. And I’d like to get some experience with a version of Android that hasn’t been loaded with crap ware.

Koshkin 7y ago
https://shop.fairphone.com/en/ https://shop.fairphone.com/en/
- flukus 7y ago
  Note that even well after the fairphone 2 release the link said pre-order and not buy now. I'm not sure if it was ever "for sale" as such or if they just did things in batches, or possibly just an oversight or translation error.
bradknowles 7y ago
Ugh. It’s priced in Euros and no obvious way to buy from the US. Sigh....
- thekyle 7y ago
  From what I've been reading it seems like it might not work well on US carriers either, which is a bummer.

frittig 7y ago

I waited a long time for this phone. I've been looking for an easy to repair, future proofed phone for quite some time. The only problem is that the screen size is 5.65" and that is just too big for me. I may end up getting it due to all of the other features, but I don't think so. My hands are just to small.

throwaway-9320 7y ago

Would love to get one, but it's not every time that a company actually discourages buying a new phone if your old one still works: https://www.fairphone.com/en/2019/05/20/the-most-sustainable-phone-is-the-one-you-already-own/ https://www.fairphone.com/en/2019/05/20/the-most-sustainable... Really appreciate what they are doing here though, simple to repair phone with a sensible price tag.