@fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoA new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgradeswww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square233fedilinkarrow-up1619arrow-down134file-text
arrow-up1585arrow-down1external-linkA new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgradeswww.straitstimes.com@fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square233fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremesamunelinkfedilinkEnglish20•1 year agoThe fairphone and terracube are starting to take off. Being able to replace hardware was a staple in early cell phone design and hopefully will come back.
minus-square@phoneymouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-12•1 year agoI would consider these if they weren’t still using Android. Anything with Google involved is unacceptable to me.
minus-square@randy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish16•1 year agoFairphone is well supported by open-source Android distributions like Lineage and /e/OS. Not all Android is involved with Google.
minus-square@CumBroth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoFairphone allows you to unlock the bootloader and install an OS of your choice. See https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/9979154556817-Google-free-Android
minus-square@Sharan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoFairphone is also pretty expensive to standards in my country as well. Although, a great concept.
The fairphone and terracube are starting to take off. Being able to replace hardware was a staple in early cell phone design and hopefully will come back.
I would consider these if they weren’t still using Android. Anything with Google involved is unacceptable to me.
Fairphone is well supported by open-source Android distributions like Lineage and /e/OS. Not all Android is involved with Google.
Fairphone allows you to unlock the bootloader and install an OS of your choice.
See https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/9979154556817-Google-free-Android
Fairphone is also pretty expensive to standards in my country as well. Although, a great concept.