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I would totally buy one of these if they were sold in the US. Sadly, last time I checked the newest phone wasn't sold here. So I doubt this one will be.
You can get them in the U.S. with /e/OS through Murena, but they are $900 :(
You can thank the President for that. ahem tariff* ahem*
Thank you, this is huge!
I was very, sad to miss out on the entire Fairphone 5 generation, but I gave up and bought a Pixel 8 when they announced the 5 wont be coming any time soon.
Finally I can get a phone that's worth buying (and earbuds as I see they carry the fairbuds now)
Please take note of MystValkyrie's response to my post. I have no experience with Murena and I cannot vouch for them. In light of what MystValkyrie shared, it might be wise to proceed with caution and maybe look into it more before ordering.
Yeesh! Thanks for the heads up.
It may be simpler to just figure out how to import it from FairPhone at that point.
I would not recommend Murena for U.S. customers. I attempted buying a FP4 from them, and they put $6000 in charges to my credit card. Their message-only customer service was terrible and tried to blame me. Had to get my bank involved.
you can get them in the US.
I just want them to be smaller.
It's 6.3" because of the lack of top/bottom bezels. The phone itself is not much bigger than a Galaxy S7.
I could go for like <5 in to be honest.
You are genuinely the first person I've seen online who understands screen size != Phone size, because bezels exist and are different sized from phone to phone.
My current 6.3" screen phone is virtually identical in size to the 4.2" one I had in 2012.
Bezels or not phones are still too large to be comfortable to use for many people.
5.8" with no bezel would be a great size. Something comparable to an old 4-4.2" phone.
Like I just said, my current 6.3" display phone is almost identical in size to my old 4.2" one.
Yes but that's still 2.1" too large to be comfortable to use for many people.
My 6" Pixel is just as uncomfortable to use as my 4" Nexus S was. 99.99% screen to body won't change that fact.
I don't think that's true in the slightest. A phone 2.1" smaller in diagonal length than my current one would be smaller than a Nokia 3310.
Yes but the phone physically cannot be smaller than the screen.
So if the screen itself is too large to be comfortable, it is physically impossible to make it comfortable to use without making the screen smaller.
I measured the radius my thumb can reach, I know exactly the limits of my reach, and thus exactly the largest screen I can use without causing discomfort in my wrist.
The point I am trying to make is that the ideal phone size is personal to the individual. There is no one size fits all. Screen to body ratio cannot change that.
This is why, despite the screen to body ratio improving, a subset of people still ask for smaller phones.