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I'm pretty happy with my Fairphone. I was unfortunate in dropping it once which made the screen unusable, but since you can change the screen yourself it was pr

I'm pretty happy with my Fairphone. I was unfortunate in dropping it once which made the screen unusable, but since you can change the screen yourself it was pretty easy to do. And Fairphone was gracious enough to send me a new screen since it was within one year of me buying the phone. I'm not a heavy user of the phone day to day so battery lasts easily more than one day. It's not as snappy as an iPhone. But repairablility makes up for it.

tannhaeuser 5y ago
What O/S do you run on it? AIU Fairphone primarily advertises sustainability, but then still uses AOSP out of the box, with however an express policy to open up its bootloader to alternative Android-based OSes and keep warranty, or don't they?
- fsflover 5y ago
  You can buy it with /e/OS preinstalled. But the problem with old kernel will be there I guess: https://esolutions.shop/shop/e-os-fairphone-3/ https://esolutions.shop/shop/e-os-fairphone-3/.
  - giantg2 5y ago
    What problem?
    - fsflover 5y ago
      Inability to update the Linux kernel due to the proprietary drivers.
      - giantg2 5y ago
        Ok, thanks!
        zozbot234 5y ago
        Wrt. the Fairphone 3, https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Snapdragon_450/625/626/632_(MSM8953) https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Snapdragon_450/6... suggests that mainline kernel support is very much WIP at present, but ought to be feasible i.e. there are no obvious roadblocks to full mainline support. (As for Fairphone 2, see https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Snapdragon_800/801_(MSM8974) https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Snapdragon_800/8... instead.)
      - tannhaeuser 5y ago
        Are there active exploits or is it otherwise much of a problem though? I mean Linux is with us around 30 years, and smartphones 13 years. And the OS updates I had encountered made things worse, eg old Android 5 loosing USB mass storage, iOS 14 a regression in many ways (memory leaks, windows-esque UI, ...)
        fsflover 5y ago
        It's a problem of long-term support. At some point, the old Linux version is not supported anymore and any newly discovered bugs become a problem.

tannhaeuser 5y ago

What O/S do you run on it? AIU Fairphone primarily advertises sustainability, but then still uses AOSP out of the box, with however an express policy to open up its bootloader to alternative Android-based OSes and keep warranty, or don't they?

fsflover 5y ago
You can buy it with /e/OS preinstalled. But the problem with old kernel will be there I guess: https://esolutions.shop/shop/e-os-fairphone-3/ https://esolutions.shop/shop/e-os-fairphone-3/.
- giantg2 5y ago
  What problem?
  - fsflover 5y ago
    Inability to update the Linux kernel due to the proprietary drivers.
    - giantg2 5y ago
      Ok, thanks!
      - zozbot234 5y ago
        Wrt. the Fairphone 3, https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Snapdragon_450/625/626/632_(MSM8953) https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Snapdragon_450/6... suggests that mainline kernel support is very much WIP at present, but ought to be feasible i.e. there are no obvious roadblocks to full mainline support. (As for Fairphone 2, see https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Snapdragon_800/801_(MSM8974) https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Snapdragon_800/8... instead.)
    - tannhaeuser 5y ago
      Are there active exploits or is it otherwise much of a problem though? I mean Linux is with us around 30 years, and smartphones 13 years. And the OS updates I had encountered made things worse, eg old Android 5 loosing USB mass storage, iOS 14 a regression in many ways (memory leaks, windows-esque UI, ...)
      - fsflover 5y ago
        It's a problem of long-term support. At some point, the old Linux version is not supported anymore and any newly discovered bugs become a problem.