Just got a Fairphone 6, AMA

Do you wear wigs?

Have you worn wigs?

Will you wear wigs?

No, don't recall, maybe.
- When will you wear wigs?
When will you wear Wigs?
For those who have not seen the brilliant interview where Hans Jensen interviews Elijah Wood!

what is the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

African or European?
- how do you know so much about swallows?

How did you take a picture of your phone?

We're not doing this again
- I'm invoking the mirror clause immediately.
You hold your right index finger to your right temple and blink both eyes.
Noobs. Bet he doesn't even use Linux.
https://youtu.be/MxmKc0OhsnU

Do you think three wheeled cars should make a comeback?

I'd go for three wheeled bikes.
Only if the front wheel is like a rolling pin
- Rear wheels: 235/55R19XL
  Front wheel: Fred Flintstone style
- “Yabba Dabba Doo!”
Aptera LFG!!!
- I cancelled my reservation after the 16th prototype and 3rd fundamental design change.
I’ve legitimately seen a few (with a single back wheel) here in LA. I wouldn’t take it on a highway, but they seem alright. Like a juiced up golf cart you can drive on the street, or maybe a hobbled dune buggy.
- Yes they're fine in LA street traffic. But probably not great in bad weather either.

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

Didn't need to so far but I did it for you. It's still alive. 😄

No questions, but I'm so fucking pissed that Fairphone is on their 6th generation and still doesn't offer them globally.

I have to replace my wife's dying phone, and it kills me that I'll end up buying some garbage, probably from Google, that will end up as garbage in a few years.

Please, bring these to Canada! 😭😭😭

Buddy, I'm in Torontario guy. Bought from Clove UK for 1016 Canadian peso final-final, after DHL blood sacrifice.
- I don't want to import, I want to purchase from an authorized local dealer with warranty and parts available in Canada.
  Even clove says that you'll need to send the phone back to the UK, at your expense, for any warranty related work. That's not only incredibly time consuming and costly, but it would negate any environmental benefit of owning the phone!
  I can't imagine how expensive and delayed parts would be, again, missing the point of having a repairable phone.
  The demand for at least North American consumers is there. I wish Fairphone would just do it already.
- I bought my FairPhone from Clove too. It was easy and the phone works great here.
- Opening up their market to another 400 million to multiple billion people would make those expenses worth while, though.
  We need ethical, environmentally conscious, future proof options for smartphones in the Americas. 😫
- And towers. You live where I live, very low population density and thick forest make cell phones iffy at best. Many places I go have absolutely no cell service and probably never will. I will be dead before we get access to 5G here.
I know Fairphone would probably be quite expensive even for the price it offers if it ever came to my country, but for the update cycle they offer and repairable build (looks at my broken screen of old Nokia), it actually makes sense. I don't particularly need the highest end specs, I just need a mid ranger phone that's sufficiently fluid and Fairphone fits the bill.
In fact, I was more intrigued by their earbuds. IIRC, they are the only one with a replaceable battery. For a set of wireless ones, that is a huge step. I don't think their sound profile was/is as good as Sony's or Sennheiser's but the simple fact that they don't have to end up as e waste makes them way more value for money in the long run.
- I know Fairphone would probably be quite expensive even for the price it offers if it ever came to my country, but for the update cycle they offer and repairable build (looks at my broken screen of old Nokia), it actually makes sense.
  This is why I got a Framework laptop, and why I wouldn't mind getting a Fairphone. I'm tired of planned obsolescence, and the e-waste it needlessly creates.
I don't think they're handling their current scale well just in Europe, even. VoLTE works on a limited number of carriers even in Europe. e.g. only T-Mobile is recommended by FP in Poland, but it's just one of the four large telcos. I wouldn't expand if I was at that point. Plus, they're busy with making their support less horrible (see post on their forum) for now.
edit: damn fp6 doesn't support any Polish carrier, a step down from FP5 https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/9779766652689-How-to-set-up-4G-and-Wi-Fi-Calling
- That's disappointing. They've been around for over a decade, and still have these "growing pains"?
  Even phones from much smaller, more niche companies (i.e Pinephone) have had global availability and work on global bands.

Where are you? What OS?

Ontario, Canada. Ordered from Clove UK. Stock Fairphone OS.
- What apps are pre-installed? Anything other than the stock Google stuff?
- What did it cost you including any shipping costs?
- Which provider? I've avoided FP because I wasn't sure the big three would support
Seconding this, im on a FP4 and in the US so... Some real product reviews would be appreciated.

At first congratulations to your new phone.

A few questions:

Are there any notable gaps between the screen and the side? Can you e.g. put a piece of paper between it? Asking because the predecessor had these and they required cleaning from time to time as dirt accumulated in these
Did you test the camera yet? Are you ok with the zoom or picture quality in darkness?
Did you get a case? How are these available currently?
How is the sound quality?
Did you already open the backcover? Are there any difficulties in doing so?

Are there any notable gaps between the screen and the side? Can you e.g. put a piece of paper between it? Asking because the predecessor had these and they required cleaning from time to time as dirt accumulated in these
Can fit a sheet just about. A thicker sheet might not fit.
Did you test the camera yet? Are you ok with the zoom or picture quality in darkness?
The cam is quite decent in my testing so far. Zoom beyond 2x gets ugly quickly. The system is similar to Pixel a-series. One very good 50MP sensor for everything and low zoom, and one ultra-wide for wide shots and macro. Will be testing it more but first impressions are good. I think I can live with it coming from a Pixel 8 Pro.
Did you get a case? How are these available currently?
No case, Clove didn't sell one. Still in search for a case.
How is the sound quality?
Not as loud as the Pixel 8 Pro but very good and loud enough. No farts or other bad speaker noises.
Did you already open the backcover? Are there any difficulties in doing so?
Not yet.

What's your favorite dinosaur?

☺️ Ducks 🦆
- Delicious AND waterproof!

Why do they call it oven when you of in the cold food of out hot eat the food?

This is a truly cursed sentence and it makes my brain hurt.

What did you have for breakfast this morning?

I don't eat breakfast. Been doing intermittent fasting for as long as I can remember. Surviving on 2 meals a day, one at lunch and a smaller one at early dinner.
- That sucks.

Is it pretty “snappy” ? Wondering if there is any lag time or if runs smoothly right away or what settings I got to mess with to minimize responses time.

How do you like it so far?

Any good/bad surprises?

What OS/rom you planning to run or keep it stock?

What were your motivations for getting it?

Snappier than my Pixel 8 Pro.
So far I like it. The screen is great. The speaker is decent. The camera looks to be fairly decent. Not Pixel 8 Pro level at zoom, but otherwise it seems comparable to some of the Pixel a-series cams I've seen. The only thing that bugs me so far is the shittier haptic feedback compared to the Pixel. 😄
I am shocked how fast and good the power button fingerprint reader is. Especially coming off of the Pixel's in-screen reader.
Running stock OS for now.
Among other things, a combination of Fairphone releasing the 6 with improved camera and Google stopping publishing device code with Android 16. The future of third party OSes on the Pixel line is now in limbo. I'm still unsure how well the Fairphone will work on my carrier in Canada since it lacks one of the bands used. Seems okay for now. I'll need to take it out in the wild and see the impact on signal and battery.
- Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my questions (:
  I am looking at moving to a OS/Rom that is geared towards pricy and thought the pixel was it! Alas, like you stated the pixels future with a custom OS does not seem clear so I was hoping that the fairphone might be it. I definitely have only done surface level research so far ( I’m poor and don’t want to excited yet haha)
  What band does it lack? That’s definitely something I would not have thought of till you mentioned battery life. Looks like I got more research to do before I purchase anyways.
  Any chance you’ll update this post with a reply on your results for battery life I would be most interested in the effect and if it’s negligible?
  My current phone is about 5 or more generations behind. I’m not a photographer or big picture taker so the drawbacks you noticed wouldn’t even be on my radar haha
  Appreciate the detail in your response and time again thank you!

How’s the battery life?

Not sure yet but it seems decent so far. Will report as I get more usage.
- Keep us up to date on this. My batteries have always sucked
Preliminary battery life results.

Should I get one?

If you need a phone and can afford it, so far I think so.
- How much is it?
  Also how much RAM/Storage did you get?

Does the flashlight led have multiple brightness levels?

Tried flashdim from F-Droid, doesn't seem to work.
- Best app ever

Hows the new minimal UI?

Meh. Just a limited launcher. I remapped the button to the flashlight.
- Can you map it to anything you want? Like, say, make the button turn on constant phone vibration. Asking for a friend.
- Fair enough. I wondered if it would cause a difference in how people use the phone.

How's the build quality? Does it feel more like a budget or premium phone?

I'd say mid. It feels similar to a Nexus 5 or a BlackBerry Z10. I like it a lot. There are no pointlessly slippery surfaces that make it slide off of any table. Doesn't seem like every nick would show. Ever since my first glass-backed phone went into a case, the enclosure premiumness of every phone has lasted of tens of minutes. It's been all rubber and vinyl afterwards.
- You had me at Nexus 5. My favorite smartphone out of the 5 I've owned

ASL?

35/?/TO

How's the camera. Compared to say samsung or iphone if you had any of those before.

Pretty decent actually. I'll be doing more comparisons in the days and weeks to come, but for now it's not a huge downgrade from my Pixel 8 Pro. So far some photos have come out better and some worse. There's no comparison to the optical zoom the Pixel can do of course.

Does the LTPO display work and save battery by dialing down the refresh rate to 1hz when idle for 24/30hz when playing videos?

Also, do casual games support 120fps like pocket rogues, quest of wizard, etc.

Last question, is the animation experince good with 3rd party launchers like Niagara, Smart launcher 6, Lawnchair?

No idea on the LTPO and refresh rates. Don't play games. I set it to 60Hz, it defaults to 90Hz.
I use Lawnchair. The animations are okay. The same imperfect animations as on my Pixel.
E: Actually I think the back animation is a bit more broken for some apps.
- If you enable developer settings by tapping the version number in, about settings 5-7 times you can enable "show refresh rate" and see how it changes in real time.
  I use Lawnchair. The animations are okay. The same imperfect animations as on my Pixel.
  Good to know.
  E: Actually I think the back animation is a bit more broken for some apps.
  I guess some things can be broken more or less. Thanks for the response.
  Consider doing a longterm review in the future when use the phone for longer than a few months.

Preliminary battery testing results:

During this first discharge session, I've installed apps, transferred data, posted all my comments here, etc. All on WiFi.

Can we get a side by side photo of this with your old phone (pixel 8 pro)?

Want to see how much smaller it is and is it is small hands friendly

It's not too much smaller,
- Not going to lie that is slightly disappointing. Was hoping that the reduced screen size would make it smaller and easier to hold. How has your experience been with regards to holding the phone - is it substantially easier¿?

What is your skin treatment routine? Your hands look nice and smooth.

Strict avoidance of defatting injury.
- 😂

What is their plan to provide long-term support? How long do they say they will support it? I had the FP1 and after a few years there were no more firmware updates from I think Qualcomm. Google eventually stopped supporting the chip for newer android versions, and fairphone didn't have the resources to do it on their own. Then there was a major security vulnerability. I don't remember which one, but basically remote code execution was possible just by visiting a website. With no updates for the FP1, it was unusable from then on for everything remotely private.

The hardware worked fine until the end, but this mess made it unusable. In comparison, my recently bought Pixel 9 gets updates until 2032.

Fairphone 6 will get updates until at least 2033
PS: A ton of questions in the comments here can be resolved by a simple web search...
Google eventually stopped supporting the chip for newer android versions
The chip was made by MediaTek and Google just provides Android and usually no firmware support in the first place... So how exactly is this related to Google?
I don't remember which one, but basically remote code execution was possible just by visiting a website
That sounds like a browser issue which is unrelated to the OS.
The hardware worked fine until the end, but this mess made it unusable.
Uhm what did you expect from a 1st generation smartphone made in 2013? That the software will always be up-to-date even 10 years later?
- The chip was made by MediaTek and Google just provides Android and usually no firmware support in the first place… So how exactly is this related to Google?
  Newer versions of Android were not available for the FP1. Older versions didn't get the security updates. That was the issue.
  That sounds like a browser issue which is unrelated to the OS.
  No, it was not a browser issue. I don't remember which one, maybe heartbleed, or any other of the famous vulnerabilities with a logo and a website.
  Uhm what did you expect from a 1st generation smartphone made in 2013? That the software will always be up-to-date even 10 years later?
  Well, that is exactly the claim, isn't it? "The one that lasts" implies for me that it doesn't randomly become unusable after a few years, even though the hardware is technically still fine. Smartphones have now reached a point of stagnating innovation. We already have most functionality we need, so it's in theory a good time to produce phones that last until the hardware falls apart.
FP1 and 2 were really bad compared to what the new models offer. They now use LTS chips designed for IoT devices and promise new Android versions and Updates for at least 8 years. Ive used a FP3 for many years before I sold it (it still recieves updates) and now happily use the FP5.
- They now use LTS chips designed for IoT devices
  This is no longer the case for the Fairphone 6. It uses a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3, which is a regular SoC for mobile devices. I believe this is because Qualcomm finally extended support for these chips past 5 years.
yeah it's not like google ever abandoned any projects
- Unlike FP, Google at least Manages to provide security updates that are not more than 1,5 months old or even more
  And that is for the FP5, since launch day.
Good question.
There was an announcement about QC extending SD 7 and 8 support for up to 8 years but they say it depends on the OEM. Maybe FP is part of that deal. Maybe not.
Now let's look at the Pixel's update support from another angle. The problem I see is that the hardware may not last that long in practice. Specifically due to the lack of parts or the prices for those parts. For example a replacement for my Pixel 8 Pro's battery is currently CAD $160. That used to be $80 when I had a Pixel 5. The screen repair cost is very high. Over the year-and-a-half I've had it, its battery capacity has gone down to 92%. A battery I have almost never fast charged. If this degradation rate continues, it'll need replacement by year 2-3 of the device life. That'll be $160-200 for another 2-3 years. Then there's the parts availability. The Pixel 6a, supported to 2027, has a fire-hazardous battery defect requiring battery replacement. Our extended family has a couple. We checked with the authorized repair shops and it turns out they no longer have those batteries. That's 3 years into the device's support lifespan. This means it's quite plausibe that I won't be able to replace my Pixel 8 Pro's battery next year, let alone in the 6th year of its 7-year support lifespan. In other words that long of an update support is only meaningful if it's supplanted by the necessary availability of parts, and ideally the ability to replace them without specialized tools. I've tried replacing a Pixel battery in the past and I broke a screen. I'm sure I can get the hang of it if I had the requisite hot plates, high end suction cups and a few spare devices to practice, but that's not practical for most users.
- Yes, good point. One time I got a replacement battery for my FP1 at no costs IIRC. On the hardware side it's definitely an advantage to have replaceable parts.

Are you running /e/OS or Android?
How are the OS speeds?
How is the camera?
How is the Bluetooth audio quality?
Are you using the phone inside or outside the EU?
If using inside the US, how is the cellular service?
Any flaws you can see now, and any cool aspects?

- Hahaha, it's always fun to find rude people who are wrong. "Android is a trademark of Google LLC. It is used to refer to the operating system and related products developed by Google". /e/OS is based on LineageOS, which is itself based on AOSP. The fact he differentiated /e/OS to Android does make sense, since Android refers to the stock version, which is cluttered with Google stuff.
- /e/ IS Android.
  Didn't know that. It's always been marketed as its own separate OS. Thanks for being an asshole!
  Like on every other phone that supports at least bt 2.
  Thanks

What kind of motorbike would you recommend for vietnam? Redlining a Honda Wave to do 55mph for an hour is awful, but a <200 lb bike is really nice in traffic and when you have to go over curbs, and bigger bikes are more likely to attract police attention.

My buddy got a cb1000r dirt cheap, and hates it in the city, and is constantly paranoid every traffic cop is gonna take the bike or demand a shitton of money.

Sorry I only do light ebikes. 🙂‍↕️

Is it noticeably slow?

I bought the FP4 a year or so ago, and I couldn't tolerate how slow everything was on it

Also, does it work with US cell networks?

I don't have any problems with the FP4.
- Having a FP4 myself, I do suspect it's significantly slower than alternatives at similar prices - not a problem for most uses, only things that would actually stress the CPU, but it could bother some people.
Definitely not noticeably slow. It feels just as fast as my Pixel 8 Pro and it might even feel snappier. I'm sure that CPU-heavy tasks like image editing ops would be slower but the general performance feels great so far.
I have fp4 with eOS and love it. Quick, responsive, camera as good or better than any other camera I've owned, and great privacy options. And all open source, but you still have access to Google play store via the App Lounge (microG). Battery life is amazing with all the tracker blocking and privacy features - I only charge to 80% each night and still have 20-30% by day's end. And yes, I'm in US on Mint Mobile (T-Mobile network) - no problems.

I'll give a short overview of my experience with the phone thus far. In general, I'm pretty happy with it. For now it's adequately snappy. It does lag in some apps and has some odd behavior (YouTube seems to lock the refresh rate to 60 as soon as any preview starts playing, even if it's off screen, making scrolling not as smooth), but in general the responsiveness of the phone itself is very good. They have some annoying bugs. For example, they still haven't fixed the screen being locked to like 10Hz when unlocking the phone sometimes. But, in general, it hasn't really been a problem, have been using it without much issue. The most annoying part has to be the positioning of the volume buttons, for me at least. They're positioned on the left side of the phone, directly opposite to the power button, so I'm constantly taking accidental screenshots. It's extremely annoying, and I don't understand why they decided to put it there. As someone else mentioned, there are tiny gaps between the screen and the frame, as well as some other seams, so some dead skin gets in there making the phone look a bit dirty, but it isn't too bad. Double tap to wake is pretty bad, it often doesn't register double taps properly, and it often gets accidentally activated in my pocket, making the phone try to dial emergency services, forcing me to disable it.

While I have been quite critical when listing the faults, in general I'm still happy with the phone. I was actually surprised by the camera. It's nothing special, but I expected it to be worse. However, it has much beter performance than I expected, especially in low light, just that the zoom is very bad since it doesn't have an optical zoom lense. It does what I need it to while being more repairable and from a more ethical company, so if you need a mid range phone, and don't mind minor inconveniences, I'd recommend it.

I’m european, so for me it’s easier to buy it, however I’m sad about the fact that mid range phones are now 600€ or whatever. That is a new low for consumers…
- I mean, this one is 600€ because it's from a small, low volume company, is highly repairable and invests in a bit more ethical materials. You can still find decent midrange phones for e.g. 300€. My friend got a Xiaomi, idk which one exactly, for 300€, and its performance is about on par with my Fairphone.
I also have had the 10hz stutter issue. But I tried this and for now it does not seem to occur anymore https://forum.fairphone.com/t/fp6-refresh-rate-dropping-seemingly-random/119947/44
- I'll try it out, thanks!

Was the downgrade to USB-C 2.0 noticeable to you so far? As in, with the slower data transfer speed or lack of Display output?

It's the main reason why I ended up going with a Pixel 9 pro instead of Fairphone 6 when getting a new phone a few months ago

I haven't used my phone's USB port for anything but charging for at least over a decade so I hadn't even checked the port speed before or after buying.
Wait wtf. This kills transfer speeds to portable SSDs.
Lame-ass decision, welp, never considering a fairphone untill they start making better decisions.
- What is the use-case for fast USB transfer to/from a smart phone?
  Are you using your phone as a computing platform / data transfer device? Just honestly curious why this is a showstopper for you.
- This kills transfer speeds to portable SSDs.
  How many people transfer files from a phone to a portable SSD? Not that many. That's also probably why the feature was cut in the first place.
  Fun Fact: The FP5 (predecessor) has USB3 but it's effectively useless for file transfer as the internal storage has USB2 like speeds.
- Ethernet over USB, too
- I mean, you'll be able to upgrade the usb port later, but I get your issue.
USB 2 ? no way. My camera backups would take weeks on USB 2 speeds. Probably faster over local network
- You do data transfer over USB? The only time I've connected the usb cable to transfer data is to mess around with adb.
  Try LocalSend, its pretty amazing. There are several alternatives too if it isn't to your liking.

Is P = NP?

I bet on P != NP.
Depends. If N = 1, then 1P = P. Otherwise, no.

I want to like these. I compared the specs though and my note 20 ultra from half a decade ago still blow these out of the water in terms of specs.

I want a high end repairable phone

Its like asking for audio jack in iPhone. Never going to happen.
- Well, not without Da Revolushun
Honest question, what do you use your phone for? High refresh rates and stuff like that are nice but what are people actually using their ram and storage for?
- Collecting anime girl pngs from slot machines like everyone else
- I have the 500GB version of the note 20 and have almost completely filled it.
  I sync certain folders across all of my devices which is especially useful when i'm planning travel and actually travelling. it also means i can save photos and access and share them across all of my devices.
  As for RAM I am extremely selective about what i install on my device, i prune applications regularly and flat out refuse to use apps for services where webapps are available. That in mind, my RAM on my 12GB phone is currently about 75% in use.
  I do also watch media on my phone occasionally, especially on flights. the screen on the note20 ultra is very nice for that.
- RAM helps with multitasking, storage lets you store more stuff (I treat my phone basically as a PC-lite), and good SoC is needed for computational photography. So yeah

How long did shipping take?

Several days. I ordered it from Clove UK, not Fairphone since Fairphone doesn't ship to Canada.

What do you use that yellow switch for?

The Fairphone (Gen. 6) comes with a physical switch on the side which, by default, will trigger Fairphone Moments. Fairphone Moments is a brand new minimalist experience to use your Fairphone with fewer distractions. This gives you the freedom to disconnect when you want and stay fully present in real life or customize moments fitted to your own experiences, such as focus and travel modes.
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Welcome back iPhone 5
Just the flashlight for now.
you can set the function in the settings if you keep the stock os. things like flashlight, work profile and such.
on /e/os it is hard set to turning on and off camera & microphone access. at least i haven't found a way to rebind it

Is the software buggy? I did not like the Fairphone 5 mainly because of how buggy the Google Android version was... I had random reboots and freezes, framerate issues, UI elements that glitched or didn't fit the screen properly. Hope they were able to fix that by now.

I too have the Gen 6, but i choose the e/OS version. Great phone so far.

I have a FP5 with android and haven't had any major software issue (so far, over the last 1 to 1.5 years). In fact the only issue I noticed was that the 5G implementation was pretty bad at first, using up way to much battery
- Well, Pixel 8 is no different to that. The hardware is great, with grapheneos its awesome. But god damn the cellular internet modem is awful. It heats up & drains the battery as well.

Where do you plug in your headphones?

In a Qudelix 5K. Ever since phones got really thin and their jacks too fragile for heavy headphone plugs and cables like the ones on MDR-7506/ATH-M50 (mid 2010s), I embarked on a journey into high quality Bluetooth audio receivers. For many years now FiiO has made way better Bt amps than what's available in most smartphones, even when most had headphone jacks. The Qudelix 5K is one of the best small format amps these days. On the wireless side, LDAC and AptX have eliminated Bt bandwidth as significant quality constraint. That said talking over such a setup has always been some form of bad.
- Thanks, I hate it. One more set of batteries, one more flaky wireless link to troubleshoot. Please take all those fancy electronics, and put them inside the phone where they belong.
- There’s still enough space for a headphone jack in current phones. They are omitted as a cost cutting measure.
  Latency is still worse than wired. For gaming its somewhat okay nowadays, for making music its not.

Anyone know if this works in Australia ? Our telcos seem to block anyrhing not sold on Australia these days. Not sure how tourists are getting on, data esims I guess.

Anyone know if this works in Australia ?
I don't. However, I do have a search engine, and I plugged in "fairphone 6 australia".
https://old.reddit.com/r/fairphone/comments/1lmcz1l/fp6_australia/
You can view the full list of what Fairphone devices are IMEI/TAC blocked on each Australian network at https://isthisphoneblocked.net.au/device-brands/fairphone
The Fairphone 6 (TAC: 35901961) is within the Optus Checker Database (3 June 2025 Dataset) and is (currently) "Device is NOT Blocked", it just doesn't have a name.
The Fairphone 6 is also not in Telstra's TAC Checker database but it's most likely not blocked (not blacklisted), however it's likely not officially Whitelisted ("Not Blocked") either, so it could be blocked at any time if the telco thinks its 'incompatible'.
- Hey guy maybe youre having a bad day or whatever but when you say something like "thats a dumb question easily answerable on google" you invalidate the asker and it's just... unnecessarily snarky.
  If you think a question is poorly considered, you can just ignore it.
  Besides which, it's the internet. We're all just here passing the time of day, thinking thoughts and asking questions and engaging in supposition.
  If no one is allowed to ask anything already answered on reddit, what is even the point of lemmy?

Super cool! I have a 5 and my partner is hoping to get a 6.

How's it feel? I went from a pixel to the 5, and she's going from a pixel 8 to the FP6. I'd say my biggest complaint is that the 5 is large and heavy.

Pretty good, similar to a Nexus 5 or a Z10. I'm coming from a Pixel as well, an 8 Pro, if I don't find any showstopper that is. 😄 I actually like how big the 8 Pro is but I don't mind the FP6 size.
Why switch from a Pixel 8? It's still fairly new.
- Good question, and it's actually a 7 (I just didn't pay enough attention). It's like a ~1 year from now plan probably

How deep are your wellies, now that you're wading knee deep in clunge? Is drowning in muff how you foresaw your life turning out?

More or less.
I don't think he has a pair, good christmas gift idea
edit: wellies I mean
I’d upvote this post twice if I could. Thank you for my new vocabulary word. Ever so useful.
In fact, this whole exchange has brightened my whole (admittedly dull) day.

Will you use a photo of a rabbit as background image?

Is it able to use satellites for communication?

I don't think so.
No, that's why it bought a phone.

How's the battery life? Also, what OS are you running on it? Any issues with any apps so far?

Preliminary battery life results. Using the stock OS. No issues with apps so far, apart from Lawnchair's back animation being a bit more broken with some apps than on my Pixel.

What country and service? Did you get e/OS preinstalled?

Why is this post FILLED with AI not comments? Are the corpo platforms so bitter about federated they want to just poison it?

I thought people were just trolling since OP said "Ask me anything", are they really bots? 🤔
Eh, 50% of the internet is fake anyways, not too surprising if this is the case.
- Wait....am I fake?
  For real, I think the question about "should I eat a whole chocolate cake" sort of opened the flood gates to people asking anything.
  Meanwhile, OP said ask them anything - they answered like 3 questions. Answers were never promised, just the ability to ask anything.
That's trolling not ai
- Ah. Ok. I guess that could be of some comfort. Like 0.00% oz of it.

did you install an custom rom?

Not yet. For now I'm sticking to stock.

I want it toooooo

Are they finally going to update software like other vendors or do you have to wait for years?

Is this deGoogle?

How is the weight and size? Is it easy to carry and put in pocket or car?

Stock, with Google.
Slightly smaller than a Pixel 8 Pro:

Do you use google maps in the browser?

Does it have a physical AI button or just voice commands?

I think holding the power button brought up something from Google before I disabled the Google app. That should work the same as any other Android device.

my reporting process generates about 170'000 csv files, totalling 4.5GB. it takes about 10min to write them; which 9min 58 secondes longer than I need to compute them. Any suggestions ?

Don't hit the filesystem at all if possible?
Use a more efficient format?
RAM disk?
- P.S end up using CompletionPort & OVERLAPPED file io
  much better
Assuming that this is happening not because the destination write media is simply too slow, but because the process is unnecessarily fsync()ing writes to disk mid-process, maybe try:

$ sudo apt install eatmydata $ eatmydata <reporting-command> && sync

Can't wait to see a followup post for this! Cheers for doing this AMA! 🎉❤️❤️

I gave up waiting for fairphone releasing the newest phone for purchase in the USA so I went with a pixel because I saw a deal for it. I guess the USA market isn't as important to them.

Are you gonna play the 'That's fair' game? Meaning the first bad thing to happen to the phone you say that's fair and leave it where it is forever just to buy a new phone to start over?

Do you like the default launcher? Is there a way to clean up the screen? From youtube videos, I see that the launcher is similar to iOS where all your apps are laid out. I prefer the minimal approach: a few favorite apps, some widgets and an app draw

You're probably looking at /e/OS on it. The standard OS launcher is the same as Pixel's.

I don't know if I like what fairphone is doing, is not a lot ago the new fairphone 5 came out.. If they plan to support a phone for 10 years, what's the point in releasing another model...?

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