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Nice! I've been waiting for something like the FairPhone to show up in the US. A sweet bonus would be if they also provided and fully supported de-googled ima
by LinuxBender 4y ago
Nice! I've been waiting for something like the FairPhone to show up in the US.
A sweet bonus would be if they also provided and fully supported de-googled image or at least had an option to download the de-googled image after accepting some disclaimers. Or perhaps even set up a public community for phone hackers to help them build said image i.e. crowdsource the work.
An optional large shell for a bigger battery would be a nice upgrade too. My current phone has a 10,000mAh battery and lasts a very long time after disabling background networking on most apps.
- wesapien 4y agoHopefully, the bootloader is unlocked for third party ROMs like Lineage and others
- digitallyfree 4y agoHonestly it would be a huge selling point for this device if it had excellent custom ROM support on top of the repairability. There are phones from 2015 still being supported today by Lineage.
- chmod775 4y agoLineage: My S5 (klte, 2014)[0] still works and is still getting updated last I checked. I did buy a newer phone a few months ago, but I'm keeping the S5 around as a spare. In fact my previous S2 is still working as well, but I don't think it receives updates (also it has no battery right now - luckily it can operate with just power plugged in). [0]: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/klte/ https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/klte/
- wesapien 4y agoI still have my original LG V20 and I bought the international/dual-sim version to be my main. It's like the Thinkpad of smartphones. Along with my T480, it's on the best gadgets I've owned.
- t0bia_s 4y ago10000mAh? Does it fit to your pocket? Btw degoogling phone almost double battery life.
- LinuxBender 4y agoIt fits in a velcro holster, my jacket pocket and in my snow monosuit.
- BLKNSLVR 4y ago> snow monosuit Just makes me picture Maggie Simpson But to be actually on topic, supporting custom ROMs in order to extricate android from Google is my top priority when buying a phone. If this phone gets lineageOS support then it may be the perfect phone.
- LinuxBender 4y agoJust makes me picture Maggie Simpson Well, a really old Maggie Simpson with a buzz-cut. I do jokingly call them onesies. Expensive onesies anyway. If this phone gets lineageOS support then it may be the perfect phone. That would work for me as well.
- denton-scratch 4y agoI wonder how hackable this Nokia device is. I have an old Nokia smartphone. I barely use it as a phone; really it's just for 2FA, when the provider insists on SMS for 2FA. An inexpensive Android device which is hackable and exposes GPIO pins would make an interesting robotics platform. If this device supports replaceable CPU, then perhaps it also exposes GPIO.
- mmastrac 4y agoI use a FP4 in Canada and it's been amazing. I suffer from a lack of parts, but I make up with that for excuses to vacation in Europe.
- colordrops 4y agoCan't parts be shipped from Europe?
- mmastrac 4y agoNot that I've found, unless I use a re-shipper but I'm not familiar with that sort of setup when Europe is involved.
- lock-the-spock 4y agoIt's a small and very responsive company, maybe shoot them an email?
- tinix 4y agoThey aren't responsive to Americans. I used a reshipper and they wouldn't forward loose batteries, FP was unresponsive and we had to throw away batteries because they couldn't be returned or forwarded. Shame.... Otherwise FP works fine with Google Fi and T-Mobile in the US. Maybe not the best coverage but worth it to be able to swap parts easily.
- ryukafalz 4y agoYou'll still be waiting, I think. The Verge's coverage says it's not coming to the US: https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/25/23611844/hmd-nokia-g22-repairable-smartphone-ifixit-sustainability https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/25/23611844/hmd-nokia-g22-re... (I've similarly been wanting a FairPhone here.)
- wardedVibe 4y agoWhy do none of the good phone options get sold in the US??!? E.g. Sony has one of the few modern smartphones in a reasonable size (xperia 10II (might be the dumbest name though)), and way too few of the bands work in the American market.
- happymellon 4y agoDidn't the US decide to use different frequencies to everyone else?
- lallysingh 4y agoDoesn't 5g fix that? Same radios for everyone.
- happymellon 4y agoDoes it? I thought Americans were still using alternative frequencies to everyone else. [Edit] It appears that the US doesn't overlap with the majority of the world for most of the ranges, except for one band at the top which overlaps with Japan/Korea. https://5gobservatory.eu/5g-spectrum/ https://5gobservatory.eu/5g-spectrum/ > Currently, the most used bands are: - Low-band: 700 MHz (except in US); 600 MHz (US) - Mid-band: 3.3 – 3.8 GHz (except US); 2.6 GHz, 3.7 – 4.98 GHz (US) - High-band: 26 GHz (except Japan, South Korea and US); 28 GHz (Japan, South Korea and US)
- yellowapple 4y agoAt this point frequency compatibility is purely a firmware setting, no? It seems like every 5G (and even 4G) phone these days supports every frequency on a chipset level and just enables/disables some of them depending on the intended region.
- cwiggs 4y agoWhat phone do you have that has a battery that big?
- mmastrac 4y agoI ran a Samsung S5 (?) like this many, many years ago and it was pretty cool but holy crap it was a beast. My jeans pockets started to stretch out from carrying it, and it was impossible to keep it in a jacket pocket at all.
- seltzered_ 4y agoI did similar with a galaxy S4 (third party battery w/special back case to accommodate the larger size). Worked nice but eventually the battery bulged. The tradeoff with replaceable batteries is if when you swap the phone loses track of time until finding a cell tower. Fine if in range but a risk when hiking far away, and might also propagate the wrong time to your smartwatch.
- bombolo 4y agoIt should be able to sync its clock slowly from the GPS signal. But I have no clue if the feature is actually implemented.
- LinuxBender 4y agoulefone Armor. There are a couple other models that have a 13200mAh battery.
- freddref 4y agoThat's quite a line-up they have! I have a Elephone S3 pro, two day battery is really great when traveling, no worries. I'll strongly consider an Ulephone next..
- toss1 4y agoWow - what a great find! I'll be keeping track of that crew for my next phone! ('tho they don't seem to currently support Verizon network)
- andrepd 4y ago>Or perhaps even set up a public community for phone hackers to help them build said image i.e. crowdsource the work. Like xda? :)
- LinuxBender 4y agoI think they would be perfect. I was hoping they had a rom for my phone but I could only find one supporting a really old version. If they partnered with Nokia to build supported images for their phones that would be incredible.