While they were happy with what the fairphone 4 brought to the table, they seem to like what was changed for the fairphone 5.
What are you guys’ opinions on this? A welcome change? would you get one if your phone died within the next year?

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Iirc the chipset, QCM6490, will lose support after 2028 meaning the device will get at least 5 years of security updates and not the promised 8. Pretty sure that’s why grapheneOS doesn’t/won’t support it since the company doesn’t keep to their promises

Edit: found grapheneOS’ response

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Which is why I don’t think I’m getting the fp. I don’t want to pay a premium price for a less secure phone than one with graphene

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Running android puts rather a low ceiling on security and privacy

Edit: ok look y’all, I’m stoked that there are some privacy and security-focused routes for nerds to take, but aggregate security for the average user who goes to a store and buys what the salesperson recommends is an important metric.

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You don’t have to use Google services on the fairphone. And if you use it without those, Android is waaaaaaaaay more private than iOS.

iPhones are barely much better than Android phones for privacy or security.

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How do push notifications work on Graphene? I am currently using LineageOS with microg services but the experience has been quite rocky

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I’ll forever be skeptical of a degoogled OS that runs only on phones engineered by Google.

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