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Fairphone posted 83% year-on-year growth in Q4 2025 - A journey away from Big Tech to a more sustainable alternative (eurotechguide.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Let's hope the growth means the software improves. I've never owned such a buggy phone. I would never be able to recommend anyone I know actually buy one and it's pretty difficult to keep using it myself. I'm really hoping the upcoming Android 16 release fixes a lot of bugs but if past Fairphones are anything to go by I'm not expecting much.

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  • [–] 21 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    I've been using a FP6 for over a month and I have no idea what you could be referring to

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  • [+] 22 points 5 months ago (1 child)
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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I think you should send it in for warranty, if you still have it.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Weird. Which model and OS is this happening on?

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    I keep reading comments like this though. Are people just expecting too much?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I don't think it's expecting a phone to not crash constantly and actually save the photos I'm taking.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    You can install iode on a Fairphone. I was using iode for years without issues. I would be surprised if it had many bugs specific to Fairphone.

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