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Fairphone 5 Released (shop.fairphone.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

With 5 years of OS support and 8 years of security update.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (10 children)

The first company that produces a phone with

  • removable battery
  • maximum 6in screen
  • 3.5mm jack
  • open bootloader

will break the market

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

People want big phones for some reason, so it's unlikely it would break the market. Those who want what you described are (unfortunately) very few.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

People want big phones for some reason

Bigger battery, better for content consumption and overall usage if you use it frequently. It's not that weird, yet you treat it as if we were talking about aliens.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

What's weird is that it's the only option. They discontinued the iPod since the phone did it all, but then also stopped making phones that are convenient sizes and any analog sound option.

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