The extra $250 was being charged by a US reseller.
With Fair Phone selling direct to the US now, it's available for MSRP.
I can't say how "cheep" $650 is to you.
With the direction in which Android is developing, I don't think you'd be missing out on a whole lot of worthwhile features. I'd rather have a steady stream of security patches on a version that is not yet EOL.
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Steve@communick.news · 18 pts · 22d
$650 is way more reasonable than the previous $900.
Worth considering.
onlinepersona@programming.dev · -1 pts · 22d
If it's cheap, it isn't fair and a worker is being paid peanuts.
Steve@communick.news · 5 pts · 22d
The extra $250 was being charged by a US reseller.
With Fair Phone selling direct to the US now, it's available for MSRP.
I can't say how "cheep" $650 is to you.
spectrums_coherence@piefed.social · 8 pts · 22d
I am getting this after I am sick of my broken pixel 7a.
I do wish they provide better software update though, Android 15 is two versions behind current version :( .
jwt@programming.dev · 6 pts · 22d
With the direction in which Android is developing, I don't think you'd be missing out on a whole lot of worthwhile features. I'd rather have a steady stream of security patches on a version that is not yet EOL.
Steve@communick.news · 6 pts · 22d
Ships with 16.
17 only just released.
And they promise software support through 2033. Though that's a vague term, not sure about full version updates.
kai_nyaccoon@pawb.social · 3 pts · 21d
from the fairphone 6+ specifications page under "operating system":
looks promising to me!
Steve@communick.news · 2 pts · 21d
Oh yah! That's great!
tatterdemalion@programming.dev · 5 pts · 22d
Nice. Will be a strong contender for my next phone.
anzo@programming.dev · 5 pts · 22d
Is the microphone working? Last i heard they were firmware incompatibilities
spectrums_coherence@piefed.social · 5 pts · 22d
If that doesn't work, that wouldn't be exclusive to the U.S. right?
anzo@programming.dev · 3 pts · 21d
I didn't mean to imply such a thing. But to answer your question: maybe yes. There are batches and hardware issues can correlate to these.