▲ 627 ▼ Just got a Fairphone 6, AMA (lemmy.ca) submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by lightrush@lemmy.ca to c/android@lemmy.world 331 comments fedilink hide all child comments Update 1 I see a framerate/refresh rate bug that occasionally locks the framerate at a low value upon unlock. Fixing it requires a lock/unlock cycle.
[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yes. Massive downgrade imo. I really wanna know why they did this. It cant have been thaat expensive right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (2 children) To be fair (pun intended) very, very few people ever use the USB-C port for anything other than charging and maybe syncing photos to a pc. The connector itself costs like 8 bucks, I don't know how much more expensive it would be for them to design the signal integrity in their motherboard, required to carry the video stream. Still, for the price and for the market segment they're targeting, this and the lack of a 3.5mm jack for sound is inexcusable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 child) To be fair (pun intended) very, very few people ever use the USB-C port for anything other than charging and maybe syncing photos to a pc. That's because even Samsung with its DeX feature barely advertises desktop mode. People use iPads as desktop replacements these days. Once they realize that hooking up a phone to the same USB C dock is an option, they'll use it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) Google seems to be starting to invest into desktop mode again because Samsung users are loving it. So lets hope it makes a comeback in future generations. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Samsung users are loving it Only a small fraction because Samsung doesn't advertise it, even though they could make know off ads of Nintendo's Switch ads back in the day: Show a person playing some game on the bus, then coming home and docking the phone to the TV and the person grabs a game pad. Done. They could make a variation of the same ad every time some big name game comes to Android. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Krzd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Not even for gaming, but just general office work/watching videos/whatever else you can do inside a browser. I still want a laptop thingie with a battery under the keyboard, some ports, and where the phone acts like the trackpad when docked. I know that it would be phone specific due to the size, but seriously that would be amazing. The "laptop" can be pretty cheap being just a keyboard, battery, and monitor as well. Imagine a spot where someone wakes up, has their phone in a dock to stimulate an alarm clock, grabs it, and drives to work (with android auto, obviously). Next scene they arrive in the office, plug their phone into a dock with keyboard/mouse + monitor attached and start working seamlessly. Later they sit down in a café with just a tiny keyboard writing some emails on their phone, go back home and Screencast videos to their TV. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago It's called NexDock and you can buy one right now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Anivia@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago The connector itself costs like 8 bucks What? Even if you buy them as a consumer they are less than a dollar each, when you buy them wholesale on a reel for a pick and place machine they are $0.20 each permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (2 children) To be fair (pun intended) very, very few people ever use the USB-C port for anything other than charging and maybe syncing photos to a pc. The connector itself costs like 8 bucks, I don't know how much more expensive it would be for them to design the signal integrity in their motherboard, required to carry the video stream. Still, for the price and for the market segment they're targeting, this and the lack of a 3.5mm jack for sound is inexcusable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 child) To be fair (pun intended) very, very few people ever use the USB-C port for anything other than charging and maybe syncing photos to a pc. That's because even Samsung with its DeX feature barely advertises desktop mode. People use iPads as desktop replacements these days. Once they realize that hooking up a phone to the same USB C dock is an option, they'll use it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) Google seems to be starting to invest into desktop mode again because Samsung users are loving it. So lets hope it makes a comeback in future generations. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Samsung users are loving it Only a small fraction because Samsung doesn't advertise it, even though they could make know off ads of Nintendo's Switch ads back in the day: Show a person playing some game on the bus, then coming home and docking the phone to the TV and the person grabs a game pad. Done. They could make a variation of the same ad every time some big name game comes to Android. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Krzd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Not even for gaming, but just general office work/watching videos/whatever else you can do inside a browser. I still want a laptop thingie with a battery under the keyboard, some ports, and where the phone acts like the trackpad when docked. I know that it would be phone specific due to the size, but seriously that would be amazing. The "laptop" can be pretty cheap being just a keyboard, battery, and monitor as well. Imagine a spot where someone wakes up, has their phone in a dock to stimulate an alarm clock, grabs it, and drives to work (with android auto, obviously). Next scene they arrive in the office, plug their phone into a dock with keyboard/mouse + monitor attached and start working seamlessly. Later they sit down in a café with just a tiny keyboard writing some emails on their phone, go back home and Screencast videos to their TV. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago It's called NexDock and you can buy one right now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Anivia@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago The connector itself costs like 8 bucks What? Even if you buy them as a consumer they are less than a dollar each, when you buy them wholesale on a reel for a pick and place machine they are $0.20 each permalink fedilink source parent
[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 child) To be fair (pun intended) very, very few people ever use the USB-C port for anything other than charging and maybe syncing photos to a pc. That's because even Samsung with its DeX feature barely advertises desktop mode. People use iPads as desktop replacements these days. Once they realize that hooking up a phone to the same USB C dock is an option, they'll use it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) Google seems to be starting to invest into desktop mode again because Samsung users are loving it. So lets hope it makes a comeback in future generations. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Samsung users are loving it Only a small fraction because Samsung doesn't advertise it, even though they could make know off ads of Nintendo's Switch ads back in the day: Show a person playing some game on the bus, then coming home and docking the phone to the TV and the person grabs a game pad. Done. They could make a variation of the same ad every time some big name game comes to Android. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Krzd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Not even for gaming, but just general office work/watching videos/whatever else you can do inside a browser. I still want a laptop thingie with a battery under the keyboard, some ports, and where the phone acts like the trackpad when docked. I know that it would be phone specific due to the size, but seriously that would be amazing. The "laptop" can be pretty cheap being just a keyboard, battery, and monitor as well. Imagine a spot where someone wakes up, has their phone in a dock to stimulate an alarm clock, grabs it, and drives to work (with android auto, obviously). Next scene they arrive in the office, plug their phone into a dock with keyboard/mouse + monitor attached and start working seamlessly. Later they sit down in a café with just a tiny keyboard writing some emails on their phone, go back home and Screencast videos to their TV. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago It's called NexDock and you can buy one right now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) Google seems to be starting to invest into desktop mode again because Samsung users are loving it. So lets hope it makes a comeback in future generations. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Samsung users are loving it Only a small fraction because Samsung doesn't advertise it, even though they could make know off ads of Nintendo's Switch ads back in the day: Show a person playing some game on the bus, then coming home and docking the phone to the TV and the person grabs a game pad. Done. They could make a variation of the same ad every time some big name game comes to Android. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Krzd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Not even for gaming, but just general office work/watching videos/whatever else you can do inside a browser. I still want a laptop thingie with a battery under the keyboard, some ports, and where the phone acts like the trackpad when docked. I know that it would be phone specific due to the size, but seriously that would be amazing. The "laptop" can be pretty cheap being just a keyboard, battery, and monitor as well. Imagine a spot where someone wakes up, has their phone in a dock to stimulate an alarm clock, grabs it, and drives to work (with android auto, obviously). Next scene they arrive in the office, plug their phone into a dock with keyboard/mouse + monitor attached and start working seamlessly. Later they sit down in a café with just a tiny keyboard writing some emails on their phone, go back home and Screencast videos to their TV. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago It's called NexDock and you can buy one right now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Samsung users are loving it Only a small fraction because Samsung doesn't advertise it, even though they could make know off ads of Nintendo's Switch ads back in the day: Show a person playing some game on the bus, then coming home and docking the phone to the TV and the person grabs a game pad. Done. They could make a variation of the same ad every time some big name game comes to Android. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Krzd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Not even for gaming, but just general office work/watching videos/whatever else you can do inside a browser. I still want a laptop thingie with a battery under the keyboard, some ports, and where the phone acts like the trackpad when docked. I know that it would be phone specific due to the size, but seriously that would be amazing. The "laptop" can be pretty cheap being just a keyboard, battery, and monitor as well. Imagine a spot where someone wakes up, has their phone in a dock to stimulate an alarm clock, grabs it, and drives to work (with android auto, obviously). Next scene they arrive in the office, plug their phone into a dock with keyboard/mouse + monitor attached and start working seamlessly. Later they sit down in a café with just a tiny keyboard writing some emails on their phone, go back home and Screencast videos to their TV. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago It's called NexDock and you can buy one right now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Krzd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Not even for gaming, but just general office work/watching videos/whatever else you can do inside a browser. I still want a laptop thingie with a battery under the keyboard, some ports, and where the phone acts like the trackpad when docked. I know that it would be phone specific due to the size, but seriously that would be amazing. The "laptop" can be pretty cheap being just a keyboard, battery, and monitor as well. Imagine a spot where someone wakes up, has their phone in a dock to stimulate an alarm clock, grabs it, and drives to work (with android auto, obviously). Next scene they arrive in the office, plug their phone into a dock with keyboard/mouse + monitor attached and start working seamlessly. Later they sit down in a café with just a tiny keyboard writing some emails on their phone, go back home and Screencast videos to their TV. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago It's called NexDock and you can buy one right now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago It's called NexDock and you can buy one right now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Anivia@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago The connector itself costs like 8 bucks What? Even if you buy them as a consumer they are less than a dollar each, when you buy them wholesale on a reel for a pick and place machine they are $0.20 each permalink fedilink source parent