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Fairphone 6 Plus leaks reveal first images, specs, and pricing (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/android@lemmy.world
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The SoC appears to be a 7% CPU/GPU perf bump according to Qualcomm. No info on North American compatibility yet.

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[–] 65 points 3 months ago (21 children)

the big irony to me, is everytime they announce a new one, i want to upgrade to it, but im supposed to stay on my old phone until it is barely usable.

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  • [–] 64 points 3 months ago (14 children)

    Think of new phone models as refreshes for people in the market at the time, rather than something you need to get. If you have a good phone from the last 5 years or so, you are not missing out on anything.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    My phone has it’s 10th birthday next year, only thing I think I’m missing is 5G, and probably vital security updates.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Huh, that makes me wonder, last time I upgraded was fairphone 4, and that's because my previous phone didn't have NFC, which is very useful nowadays, and it seems to have been a model released in 2017. Did I make a bad choice on my previous phone, or do you not have that either?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    What do you use NFC for? Because I literally never use it. Just curious.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    Well it’s the iPhone X, not sure if it has NFC, what do you use it for?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Recently I've just been using it to pay with (instead of a separate physical card), but when I get my ID updated I believe I can use it to scan the chip inside to verify my identity. I'll be honest, I think back then I was seeing NFC stuff pop up more often, but not sure if it was a passing trend or if I've just not been using stuff where it'd be useful.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    This is a problem I have with tech YouTubers and how they often compare phones directly with last years model. It’s always inevitably not worth upgrading from their POV. For a while there MKBHD would compare the new model to a, I’m guessing a little, 3 year old model which is much more realistic since most people aren’t upgrading sooner than that.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    i do think 6+ is more of an incremental upgrade and i dont need it. my phone works great, pretty much the only games i play on my phone are via steamlink or retroarch.

    i had the fp5 imported into the US, but when my usb started wearing out and i tried to get a new one it was a huge pain to get here. decided to get the 6 bc they actually sell parts here.

    im slightly worried theyll do something like partner with postmarketos and make the 7 work flawlessly under linux at launch. it would be a great thing, but damn guys give me a reason to not buy the next model! lol

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Sell it or give it to a family member so they can see that the data parasites are the reason they have to charge their phones every day.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Using Lemmy for most of the work day I'd why I need to charge my nearly 5 year old FF4 most days. Kinda curious what the battery capacity is like compared to new as I only got it a few months ago second hand.

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