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The new fairphone 5 came out, it looks cool but the price is really, really high..

If it's a phone that can really last 10 years it could be good, but is that true? Is it worth it? I could get the one with /e/os from Murena because i want a degoogled phone with a bootloader locked, but is it usable on a daily basis?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Since we are in a privacy subreddit, I will say that Fairphone is second only to the Google Pixel in terms of support for privacy focused versions of Android. For privacy specifically, they are a great choice.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Ahem, did you mean community?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Sorry...force of habit...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Subreddit? You high man? Do you need some water? Have you eaten well?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But the price is just too much, jesus. I can't spend 600 euros on a phone

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Kids are very cheap labour. If you want them to build a phone for you, just buy any other brand.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Bruh so sorry if for me a purchase of 600 euros is just too much, i don't work and i don't expect to receive money from anybody right now, so i guess if you are the one who wants to give me the opportunity of not putting kids to build my next phone then now's your big chance

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just ignore the downvotes, people are garbage and that doubles online!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes indeed, reddit taught me this already

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why are you complaining about the price of a smartphone when you don't even have an income?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Oh what, i can't? If i had an income i could magically have the right to rant about it? Even without income, every now and then i manage to make substantial purchases, but we're talking about 600€ then it's just too much for me to handle

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You can complain about whatever you want, I just don't understand the logic behind this particular complaint. According to you, not only do you not have an income but you don't work at all. The problem here is quite clearly your situation in life and not the price of the phone. Complaining about the price of luxury items is just completely asinine when you have no reliable source of income and are doing nothing to change that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes i was already considering that. Particularly i was looking to buy one on this website , seems like the cheapest option i've found so far