Tariffree!

www.murena.com has the old fair 6. They are listed as the official provider for outside EU

Check out Sonys xperias, they are less wide than most phones and has kept both jack and card

In the specs

USB 3 hasn't been latest tech in a while. I'm sure they aren't saving more than 5 dollars on this decision

Fairphone is not about the latest tech. They tend to go for well-supported hardware to ensure longterm support.

The USB 3.0 standard was finalized and published in 2008. USB 3.1 specification superseded it in 2013, and then USB 3.2 superseded that in 2017. Each version is fully backward compatible with every standard version from before, so there's nothing stopping people from releasing a 3.0 controller and certifying it works in the 3.2 mode that is a drop in replacement for 3.0.

Its literally nickels youre saving. I had it on the first flagship phone i owned and i never understood it. Its a phone that had a much faster cpu and bit slower gpu than my laptop at the time and i cant even have wired video when its just like 20 traces to an soc that already has the pins for it from a port that already has all the contactors cause literally nobody sells high end water resisant usb c ports that dont support at least 3.1 10gbps

Frequently.

I plug into a dedicated camera to transfer media, sometimes, or as a secondary viewfinder and USB 2.0 makes my bones ache.

I plug in to backup, to transfer a download real quick, all sorts of things…

Everytime I need a fast backup of the pics and videos. It is the fastest way for large files.

I need the dp alt mode. I regularly use my phone to play movies to my family when were staying over somewhere and its much easier to bring a single usbc-hdmi adapter than a whole laptop.

Personally I need it for dp alt mode. It's such a nice feature.

Using WiFi to transfer is far more convenient than having to get cables out anyway.

USB3 must be more expensive than it seems, somehow.

Or maybe there’s some legal risk? Or maybe it’s harder to source a waterproof port?

This is what most people I know do, the only exceptions being tech enthusiasts and people with fuck-you money

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

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.

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

I feel pretty good about getting refurbished phones.

I need to be able to run some play things for work, and Graphene has a sandbox ability that e/os and others don't.

So that means they'll fix it through a software patch, right?

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They'll fix it through a software patch... right?

It can take nice pictures, but as you say, it's not consistent. I'm not sure it's entirely software. Even using GCam software, about 30-40% of my pictures end up being wobbly. My Pixel 4a made much better pictures on average. Also, videos seem to have frequent stutters. Then there's the wideangle camera, which I'd consider pretty unusable quality-wise.

Wtf? Bigger? Why not just buy a tablet?