The Fairphone 6+ looks like exactly what I want to buy for my next smartphone, except that I won't be able to use GrapheneOS on it. The combination of those two would be awesome, though it's not likely to happen, unfortunately.
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Worse, at least at the FP5 level the software support was mediocre, if memory serves correctly, updates showing up only quarterly.
That's why I've got a FP5 lying around unused on my desk and got myself a Pixel instead, sigh.
@dangillmor You should check this: https://murena.com/shop/smartphones/brand-new/fairphone-gen-6-plus/
It has e/os preinstalled.
I have a Fairphone 4 for several years running e/os and I'm really happy with it.
@dangillmor I was looking at it too. Very tempting!
@dangillmor maybe you can use e.foundation. not as robust as graphene os, still de-googled
@dangillmor my experience with Fairphone 4 has not been great. My device had a never quite acknowledged by Fairphone common problem, the battery was draining fast, a charge was never enough to last a day. It started after a firmware update, and went on for many months, until I gave up and bought another phone.
And then a firmware update, more than a year after the problem started, has fixed it.
But it was too late.
@dangillmor I love GrapheneOS.
@dangillmor Although both projects are privacy-oriented and offer alternatives to Big Tech consortia, the first focuses on modularity and self-repairability, while the second seeks the highest level of hardware security available, such as the Titan M2 chip. Perhaps Motorola will have the necessary hardware requirements by 2027.
