Technology

Really glad to hear that. I've been using a Fairphone 5 for about 2 years now and while it's certainly not on the level of a flagship I can't say I miss anything. Sure, a better camera or faster processor would be nice to have, but both get the job done and are certainly not necessary for the average user. Samsung and Apple would have us believe that we all need a DLSR camera strapped to a supercomputer in our pocket in order to swipe on Instagram and take the occasional selfie. I'd gladly trade that in to make the world a tiny bit better by not supporting slavery and not wasting resources.

I've been using a Fairphone 4 for a couple weeks, and I like it so far. This is the way phones should be made. I eventually found replacements for most of my Google stuff. It's just sad that my government burned our bridges with trade, so any replacement parts I import will be expensive.

I will have to consider Fairphone when I am looking for my next phone. Looking at their site, my only hesitation is about water resistance. I understand that repairability comes at the cost of making everything glued and sealed shut, but I drop my phone in water once every couple of years. If that risks killing it, it is not going to be a phone that will last long in my hands.

Not compatible with Verizon

Welp, that sucks. I'm not switching to T-Mobile. I've seen their infrastructure up close and personal after working on mixed carrier cell towers for years and that shit is absolutely third world by comparison.

If anyone is looking for a Canadian or international order, I just found this U.K. site which multiple threads of Reddit have been talking about. They offer shipping tracking.

https://www.clove.co.uk/products/fairphone-gen-6

https://www.reddit.com/r/fairphone/comments/kkd44p/is_there_a_way_to_get_a_fairphone_in_canada/

I like the look of these but I would much rather to not use Android again. It appears that they're trying to port Ubuntu Touch over and the Postmarket wiki shows some functionality is not all there. Interesting to see this coming along though.

I want a Fairphone quite badly as my old s21 ultra is starting to reach the end of it's useful life. But it not working on Verizon is an automatic dealbreaker because they are the only carrier that works in the rural areas I am always working in. Tmobile is next to useless, so looks like I am still stuck with stupid network lockin.