The Fairphone 5 is less about what comes in the box and more about what you get over the years - eviltoast
With five major OS ugrades and eight years of patches.

Fairphone’s latest repairable device is for people who hate saying goodbye to an old smartphone more than they like buying a new one.

  • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    10 months ago

    I tried a Pinephone with postmarketOS and I concur with the battery life - I could never use the pinephone practically, because in standby laying in the shelf, the battery is dead in about 30 hours.

    I so wished there was a Linux distribution with proper phone support & tuned to sustain the battery power, but usable with a docking station.

    My dream is to no longer have to carry a laptop anywhere, just my phone, and a keyboard (if needed) and mouse, and a USB-C hub with HDMI cable, mouse & keyboard USB ports, then plug in that phone to a hotel TV or a monitor at a business partner’s place and work directly on the phone.

    Laptop stays reserved for stuff that requires more computing power than LibreOffice.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      Absolutely, Pinephone is an awesome project for tinkering, but it’s not a practical alternative to just buying a cheap phone.