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A new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgrades
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this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2023
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The fairphone and terracube are starting to take off. Being able to replace hardware was a staple in early cell phone design and hopefully will come back.
I wonder why nobody has made some sort of headphone Jack module already
Yeah... the old terracube has one and I loved it. Now I have a USB c to audio adapter and it sucks.
"I'll just pop right out of this here USB slot so easily and inconvenience you at random times, and you'll thank me for the tiny space you saved" -Dong
I would consider these if they weren’t still using Android. Anything with Google involved is unacceptable to me.
Fairphone is well supported by open-source Android distributions like Lineage and /e/OS. Not all Android is involved with Google.
Fairphone allows you to unlock the bootloader and install an OS of your choice.
See https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/9979154556817-Google-free-Android
Fairphone is also pretty expensive to standards in my country as well. Although, a great concept.