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Fairphone posted 83% year-on-year growth in Q4 2025 - A journey away from Big Tech to a more sustainable alternative

5 months ago by FallenWalnut to c/technology

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I replaced my Samsung S24 with a Fairphone 6 running /e/OS and used it as my daily work phone. Here's whether a de-Googled smartphone holds up for professional use.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43965516

It is worth noting that both the hardware and software of Fairphone is heavily dependent on a Chinese company T2Mobile.

For those looking to avoid both US and Chinese companies, then the Jolla phone is the way to go.

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pelespirit 22 points 5 months ago

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artyom 29 points 5 months ago

I mean the downsides are it's Linux. That's not without it's upsides but the downsides are huge.

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pelespirit 5 points 5 months ago

Would a phone have that many downsides? I would think that a computer would have much more. Maybe the phone companies don't play nice? I 100% don't know what the downsides would be.

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artyom 25 points 5 months ago

From my research, the phone part of the "phone" doesn't work very well. Which is a pretty big caveat.

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aegg 1 point 5 months ago

Where did you get that from? I have been using one for the past 6 months without any calling issues.

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artyom -4 points 5 months ago

It was a common complaint I came across when researching a few different Linux devices.

I guess if you're not having issues I must be wrong, because everyone's experiences should mirror yours exactly.

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aegg 1 point 5 months ago

You still did not answer my question. Pinephone has those issues with all Linux OSes, so do ports for many phones. Officially supported phones do not to my knowledge.

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artyom 1 point 5 months ago

You asked 1 question, which I very clearly did answer. I'm not sure what you're looking for here.

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