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My First Fairphone 6 from Murena (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago by AuroraSine@lemmy.ml to c/fairphone@lemmy.ml

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Peace be with you guys 🌹

This is my first Fairphone with /e/OS and I'm really excited😊. It arrived within 3–4 days even though the estimated time was 2–3 weeks. That suprised me, because I live in Germany.

Everything came intact: headphones, screen protector, and phone case. They also included this little pin to get into the SIM tray slot, which I thought was great. There was no charger in the box but that's intentional on their part. Doesn't matter to me since all modern chargers work anyway.

It's really easy to use and murena has its own browser. The default search engine is Qwant, which I don't use because of Bing. But honestly, my main goal was F-Droid and using apps that reportedly won't work on Google-certified devices starting in September. I've already downloaded my own apps like IronFox and I'm happy 😁.

Now I'd love to hear your opinion: I think Google has shot itself in the foot with this decision. By closing down Android further, more people will switch to de-Googled systems.

That's my take, what do you think?🤔

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[–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

why do they copy iOS icon deisgn? it just makes it look cheap and horrible, applr has horrible taste in icon design

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Very cool. Maybe I'll get one, depending how the partnership between Motorola and Graphene goes. And on the pricing. 599€ for the Fairphone 6 with e/os is a little expensive for me, but I don't know how much a Graphene Motorola would be.

The battery life seems surprisingly good, which could convince me to get it. Can you confirm if the 54 hours mixed use claim on their website is any accurate?

They also included this little pin to get into the SIM tray slot, which I thought was great. There was no charger in the box but that's intentional on their part.

Two small notes. The sim tray pins are included with practically every phone. I'm not aware of any manufacturer that doesn't include them. And the lack of charger is due to EU law. Maybe they wouldn't include it anyway, but at the moment the EU is forbidding including chargers with phones to 'reduce e-waste'.

[–] AuroraSine@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Ah, I didn't even know about that EU law. The Fairphone is the first phone I actually bought myself, so it wasn't obvious to me.

Anyway, the battery life is really good. Though it depends on how many apps you have running in the background. I don't have that many right now.

About the price: With everything included, it was definitely more than 600€. With the headphones, case, and screen protector, the price naturally went up. But I'd been saving since the beginning of this year, so I didn't break a sweat. The news that Google was going to close down Android was basically the kick in the ass I needed to step on it.

Final word: It's expensive. But for me, it was worth it😊 Hope I could help you a little bit with your decision

[–] doopen@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Not sure what their mixed use criteria would entail, but my current stats for a charge ~19 hours ago with 2 hours of Lemmy scrolling:

[–] david_bardos@mementomori.social 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

@AuroraSine As a Fp5 user, I've always been satisfied with both the hw and the sw of the phone. I wish you the same! Enjoy your new device! 🎉

[–] AuroraSine@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

Thank you very much 😊🌹

[–] lemonhead2@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (5 children)

I ve been wanting to do something like this. but one thing I'm not sure off is the Google compatibility 🙃🙄🙄

I can't quit it cold turkey. for instance need Google maps and it's location sharing. i would love it if the Google apps were installed on this phone as second class citizens. is this possible?

[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (5 children)

You could just install Google Maps? Like, still gives Google access to your location and movement, but it's a free device, you can put on it whatever you want.

You could also get a Fairphone with the Stock Rom, that should include Google Services. You could install a different Rom later.

There's also self hosted FOSS location sharing services, but for those, you need a server or VPS, and do some legwork to set them up.

[–] lemonhead2@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm not sure that if I install Google maps on this, will location sharing still work reliably...

[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

As I said - the non-murena version of the Fairphone ships with a ROM featuring the usual integrated Google Services.

Another option I could see - buying a new device doesn't brake your old one. You could keep running your current one till you found a way to set up a degoogled device with all the services you need.

[–] lemonhead2@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

that's a fair point. I'll switch data over to the new phone. but if I need this one I can run a hot spot

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[–] AuroraSine@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago (12 children)

Hi, thx for your Comment.

I'm aware that you can't stop all at once. For me it was also step by step until I could boycott everything completely. Anyway, I looked into it for you. There's an "App Lounge" where you can log in with your Gmail account to access Google apps. You can also browse there anonymously. I think it's like the Aurora Store, but I'm not really familiar with that. As for Maps, Murena apparently has its own map app, but I use the one from F-Droid "OpenStreetMap". I hope I could help you.

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[–] neo2478@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Welcome, friend! I hope you enjoy yours as much as I am enjoying mine!

Might I suggest Lawnchair as your launcher?

[–] AuroraSine@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

I saw the link. its really cool. For now, all my apps are on one page, and it works fine for me. But later I can try. Thx😊

[–] uber_chicken@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Happy for you. Could soon be joining the club

[–] Hund@feddit.nu 1 points 3 days ago

Is it possible to use the launcher on other ROMs?

[–] chrand@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago (8 children)

Amazing, enjoy your new /e/OS. I'm planning to buy one. Since you're from Germany, how is your banking experience? Are you using any traditional German banks (like DKB, N26, Commerzbank)?

That's my only concern, but happy to hear experience from /e/OS users :-)

[–] ragas@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

DKB asks you to call their hotline to activate your phone. Otherwise everything is peachy.

[–] chrand@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Thanks for the info

[–] _Nemo_@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

There are no issues with DKB on degoogled Android.
Commerzbank have recently started claiming non-Google phones were "rooted" (which is bullshit) and refuse app-to-app pushTAN communication. One must work around that using a (PC-based) browser and photoTAN. Motherfuckers.

[–] chrand@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Thanks for the information, bad to hear that from Commerzbank 😒

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[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Exciting! I'd like to switch to /e/OS but I don't know if doing so would mean my banking app stops working. Do you have any experience with your own bank app on this OS?

[–] benjirenji@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Several Swiss banking apps work without problems on my FP4 with /e/OS.

[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

Ooh, that's very encouraging, thank you! At least there's hope that Triodos will work then.

[–] AuroraSine@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

Sorry, no. I dont use any banking Apps, so i have no experience.

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