Fairphone’s latest repairable phone is going on sale in the US

2 months ago by supersquirrel to c/tech

Fairer phones for the USA.

Steve 18 points 2 months ago

$650 is way more reasonable than the previous $900.
Worth considering.

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onlinepersona -1 points 2 months ago

If it's cheap, it isn't fair and a worker is being paid peanuts.

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Steve 5 points 2 months ago

The extra $250 was being charged by a US reseller.
With Fair Phone selling direct to the US now, it's available for MSRP.
I can't say how "cheep" $650 is to you.

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spectrums_coherence 8 points 2 months ago

I am getting this after I am sick of my broken pixel 7a.

I do wish they provide better software update though, Android 15 is two versions behind current version :( .

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jwt 6 points 2 months ago

With the direction in which Android is developing, I don't think you'd be missing out on a whole lot of worthwhile features. I'd rather have a steady stream of security patches on a version that is not yet EOL.

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Steve 6 points 2 months ago

Ships with 16.
17 only just released.
And they promise software support through 2033. Though that's a vague term, not sure about full version updates.

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kai_nyaccoon 3 points 2 months ago

from the fairphone 6+ specifications page under "operating system":