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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.

  • LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.socialEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    Sometimes after using the camera, the taken photos will just disappear.

    Often my screen will freeze up and the ohone becomes entirely unresponsive until I turn the screen off and on again.

    Sometimes the screen won’t even turn on at all and will then suddenly unlock and register every single swipe and tap I made on the off screen registers at once.

    Then sometimes when idle the phone will just randomly crash and reboot.

    A genuinely awful experience I have to say.

      • LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        I don’t think it’s worth it. A lot of these issues are well known on the Fairphone forums so they’re clearly not specific to my phone. The second I find a suitable replacement I think I’m done. I like the idea of a Fairphone but they’re on their sixth device now and still can’t manage stable software.

        • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          tbh this seems to be a hardware issue. the software is supposed to be the same for each phone of the model, and there are a lot of them where it just works.