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arrow-up1545external-linkA new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgradeswww.straitstimes.com@fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square230fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremesalinkfedilinkEnglish17•2 years agoThe fairphone and terracube are starting to take off. Being able to replace hardware was a staple in early cell phone design and hopefully will come back.
minus-squareAatubelinkfedilink4•2 years agoI wonder why nobody has made some sort of headphone Jack module already
minus-squaremesalinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoYeah… the old terracube has one and I loved it. Now I have a USB c to audio adapter and it sucks.
minus-square@phoneymouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoI would consider these if they weren’t still using Android. Anything with Google involved is unacceptable to me.
minus-square@randy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish12•2 years agoFairphone is well supported by open-source Android distributions like Lineage and /e/OS. Not all Android is involved with Google.
minus-square@CumBroth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoFairphone allows you to unlock the bootloader and install an OS of your choice. See https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/9979154556817-Google-free-Android
minus-square@Sharan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoFairphone is also pretty expensive to standards in my country as well. Although, a great concept.
The fairphone and terracube are starting to take off. Being able to replace hardware was a staple in early cell phone design and hopefully will come back.
I wonder why nobody has made some sort of headphone Jack module already
Yeah… the old terracube has one and I loved it. Now I have a USB c to audio adapter and it sucks.
I would consider these if they weren’t still using Android. Anything with Google involved is unacceptable to me.
Fairphone is well supported by open-source Android distributions like Lineage and /e/OS. Not all Android is involved with Google.
Fairphone allows you to unlock the bootloader and install an OS of your choice.
See https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/9979154556817-Google-free-Android
Fairphone is also pretty expensive to standards in my country as well. Although, a great concept.