I want a Fair phone 6 Minus. Smaller phones please!
this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2026
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Current fairphone owner, but my must have for my next phone is the ability to install Graphene.
Without that, umtgoing to Motorola. Can't even attempt to use e/os, as the installer won't function on mine.
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the big irony to me, is everytime they announce a new one, i want to upgrade to it, but im supposed to stay on my old phone until it is barely usable.
Think of new phone models as refreshes for people in the market at the time, rather than something you need to get. If you have a good phone from the last 5 years or so, you are not missing out on anything.
This is what most people I know do, the only exceptions being tech enthusiasts and people with fuck-you money
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Can always sell. It's an upgrade to somebody.
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USB 2.0, wifi 6.0. Why did they make such a choice in 2026 ? We want last tech not a retro phone.
Fairphone is not about the latest tech. They tend to go for well-supported hardware to ensure longterm support.
They're also not meant to be flagship phones. These specs are pretty common in midrange phones still (and also completely fine for the majority of people).
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WiFi 6… okay.
USB 2.0 though? That is just unacceptable. It is such a tremendous pain on base iPhones too, and why? To save a nickel?
Its literally nickels youre saving. I had it on the first flagship phone i owned and i never understood it. Its a phone that had a much faster cpu and bit slower gpu than my laptop at the time and i cant even have wired video when its just like 20 traces to an soc that already has the pins for it from a port that already has all the contactors cause literally nobody sells high end water resisant usb c ports that dont support at least 3.1 10gbps
How often and how much are you transferring to your phone via USB?
All the time, for me.
I also plug into a dedicated camera to transfer media, sometimes, and USB 2.0 makes my bones ache.
Everytime I need a fast backup of the pics and videos. It is the fastest way for large files.
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I need the dp alt mode. I regularly use my phone to play movies to my family when were staying over somewhere and its much easier to bring a single usbc-hdmi adapter than a whole laptop.
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Instead of a Plus version they should just offer upgraded parts for the base phone.
With the last plus version (fairphone 3+), that was exactly what they did. It'll be the same here I figure.
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Why is it USB 2.0? This would have been a gust chance to undo the downgrade when they released the base version.
The lack of a headphone jack was already a factor, but the usb 2.0 was the reason I ended up deciding to get a different phone.
The Murena tax on these items is crazy. 34% increase in prices to have them shipped to US.
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No mention of adding the audio jack back. Sad, because it would be a solid phone with one.
Yep. No jack? Send it back.
Right to jail
Also, imo, it's a huge miss when marketing for less e waste
What they did with the wireless earbuds is amazing. User replaceable batteries on an earbud is something I hadn't seen before. And definitely kudos to them for doing that.
But skipping on the audio jack, which could have saved so much e waste too, was such a bad take.
They did the earbuds because they can charge you 100€ for them, and then you're essentially locked to their battery subscription for when the batteries eventually fail every year. It was just a coincidence that they had just removed the audio jack before releasing them.
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I don't hear any good from Amazon users 'bout the FP6...hopefully this one does better.
Just going by what I read about BT problems and apps crashing from Canadian Amazon site. I screwed up when I got rid of my Pixel 4...it ran Ubuntu Touch no problem.
Having said that...how has your phone perform since you bought it because I am on the market to switch from Android..?
I love that fairphones have kept the SD card slot. Now make them a bit smaller and they'd be perfect.
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Not interested unless and until they decide to put the headphone jack back in. Removing it was not "fair", nor was their nonsense justification.
By pure chance, they released a wireless earbud product after removing the headphone jack. Just coincidence, really.
And then, they've come up with the silliest excuses for not having an audio jack. Truly silly excuses. They said it would take up too much space. Then they said it would reduce durability. Then they said it somehow reduced user choice and their freedom to use their phones as they want. And then they just said using their own dongle is better.
I really like the idea behind the fairbuds, and I was really considering buying a fairphone. But this whole audio jack debacle has made it clear that despite very wide pushback (that they themselves admit), they don't care about what users want and will prioritize profits.
It's kinda sad seeing such a cool sounding company have a meltdown over not wanting to add a simple audio jack. And it definitely has soured their image for me. I'm no longer considering their phones.
By pure chance, they released a wireless earbud product after removing the headphone jack.
Exactly. They pulled an Apple. Create a problem. Sell the solution. That just undermined their entire mission in my eyes.
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