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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by deCorp0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Nice to see a mainstream option de-Googled in the US.

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[-] anamethatisnt@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

As I liked the "fair" part of Fairphone I gave them a shot and bought the FP4. I cannot recommend them.

The camera app sucks, but by grabbing a GCAM APK from xda-developers and using that instead you can get acceptable photo quality.

Since Android 12 FP4 has a screen brightness bug that makes the phone rather unusable outside on a sunny day. This is the deal breaker as the problem hasn't been solved yet.
https://forum.fairphone.com/t/random-screen-dimming-while-brightness-slider-stays-at-100-after-a12-update/93195

[-] lemann@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

The camera app sucks, but by grabbing a GCAM APK from xda-developers and using that instead you can get acceptable photo quality

I don't think any FP user uses the stock camera app ๐Ÿ˜… personally I use both Opencamera and Nikita Gcam. Gcam's night vision is crazy!

[-] Cinnamon3431@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

you underestimate normies sticking to defaults

[-] GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I don't think a normie is buying this phone

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Personally I'm not a big picture-taker, so it doesnt bother me one bit. For me though the main draw of the FP was the repairability

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