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Fairphone sales jump 83% as the memory crunch makes longevity look better than ever. (www.androidcentral.com)
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Fairphone sales jump 83% as the memory crunch makes longevity look better than ever.

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[โ€“] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Awesome, thanks for the offer. Do you know if it works OK on all the 4g/5g networks? I generally try to get Telstra via a cheaper provider like Boost, but they've become to expensive so I'm on Amaysim now (Optus 5G).

How much did it end up costing with postage etc from EU?

Finally, any dramas with it so far eg hardware or software problems?

[โ€“] 18107@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm not on a 5G plan so I can't say for that, but 4G works flawlessly. VoIP is supported. I am also on Amaysim.

I paid โ‚ฌ42 EUR for shipping from Europe.

No hardware or software problems related to Australia.

I'm running /e/OS. It was more expensive than paying for Google Android then flashing /e/OS myself, but I wanted to support a non Google option.
Banking apps and authentication apps don't work on default /e/OS because they rely on Google Play Services. You can add play services back, but that defeats my reason for using /e/OS.

I love the physical switch. I remapped it to the torch (after 1 OS update) and use it all the time.

I am slightly disappointed by the case. I was hoping it would cover all of the back and sides. It does protect from dropping on a flat surface, but I'm worried about a table corner or gravel scratching the unprotected section.

~~I'm not a big fan of the apple style home screen. I would prefer to hide and/or uninstall apps that I won't use. The best I've got is putting them in a folder. Overall it's still usable and not a deal breaker.~~
Edit: just discovered lawnchair. I'm very happy with it.

Overall opinion: excellent phone, would buy again.