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> Anyone tried the Fairphone? I wish I could say yes. Sadly, they still don't sell to the USA. They tried doing some sort of partnership a bit ago with the las

by fooqux 2y ago

> Anyone tried the Fairphone? I wish I could say yes. Sadly, they still don't sell to the USA. They tried doing some sort of partnership a bit ago with the last Fairphone and an USA vendor but it seemed to not go very far. Can't even get the latest phone from them, and they have some sort of custom OS on it.

throwawaymaths 2y ago
you can get a fairphone 4 in the USA. rooting and replacing with calyx is a thing.
- fooqux 2y ago
  Sure, but paying Fairphone 5 prices for a less-powerful Fairphone 4, and then needing to flash an aftermarket ROM on it and live forevermore in a grey area support-wise? The value proposition just isn't there for me.
  - throwawaymaths 2y ago
    > they still don't sell to the USA. I'm just addressing this comment, which is not strictly true. And you CAN still get the phone, the partnership does not appear to be over. https://murena.com/america/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-fairphone-4/ https://murena.com/america/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena... Reflashing ROM puts you in a grey area with murena for the OS support, but calyx anyways appears to support the fairphone 4 https://calyxos.org/docs/guide/device-support/ https://calyxos.org/docs/guide/device-support/ Haven't quite jumped in to buy one yet but I'm thinking about it.
    - fooqux 2y ago
      >> they still don't sell to the USA. > I'm just addressing this comment, which is not strictly true. And you CAN still get the phone, the partnership does not appear to be over. Well, if we're going to get pedantic, then I still say my original statement is true. They (being Fairphone) still don't sell to the USA. They make it very clear on their website that Fairphone is not supporting any phone bought through Murena. You have warranty issues, etc? You need to go through Murena. (And who knows how long they will last. Let's face it- such companies don't have long shelf-lives, sadly.) So yeah, they don't sell to the USA. Can I still get one? Yes. Through Murena, people on ebay, or other vendors that work as a go-between. That's not what I want, and there are other, potentially even better, ways of reducing e-waste. Such as buying refurbished phones.

by fooqux 2y ago

throwawaymaths 2y ago

you can get a fairphone 4 in the USA. rooting and replacing with calyx is a thing.

fooqux 2y ago
Sure, but paying Fairphone 5 prices for a less-powerful Fairphone 4, and then needing to flash an aftermarket ROM on it and live forevermore in a grey area support-wise? The value proposition just isn't there for me.
- throwawaymaths 2y ago
  > they still don't sell to the USA. I'm just addressing this comment, which is not strictly true. And you CAN still get the phone, the partnership does not appear to be over. https://murena.com/america/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-fairphone-4/ https://murena.com/america/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena... Reflashing ROM puts you in a grey area with murena for the OS support, but calyx anyways appears to support the fairphone 4 https://calyxos.org/docs/guide/device-support/ https://calyxos.org/docs/guide/device-support/ Haven't quite jumped in to buy one yet but I'm thinking about it.
  - fooqux 2y ago
    >> they still don't sell to the USA. > I'm just addressing this comment, which is not strictly true. And you CAN still get the phone, the partnership does not appear to be over. Well, if we're going to get pedantic, then I still say my original statement is true. They (being Fairphone) still don't sell to the USA. They make it very clear on their website that Fairphone is not supporting any phone bought through Murena. You have warranty issues, etc? You need to go through Murena. (And who knows how long they will last. Let's face it- such companies don't have long shelf-lives, sadly.) So yeah, they don't sell to the USA. Can I still get one? Yes. Through Murena, people on ebay, or other vendors that work as a go-between. That's not what I want, and there are other, potentially even better, ways of reducing e-waste. Such as buying refurbished phones.