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Just got a fairphone 4. It feels so much more solid than my old pixel 6a. Its battery lasts for almost 2 days. Same performance that I can see. Spare parts for cheapish on the site.

Anyways just wanted to share.

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[–] Photuris@lemmy.ml 50 points 3 days ago (45 children)

Is it a good daily driver for normies? Can you run banking apps, for example?

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago

Fairphone with normal Android is just like any other android phone. The only difference for a normy would be the transparent back that you can pop open.

[–] Occultist0178@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I read that as "can you run baking apps" and was very confused why you shouldn't be able to look at recipes πŸ˜…

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As weird as it is, one of the better recipe books I've tried was a usermanual for a cheap ass bread machine. Just ignore the machine instructions and instead knead it by hand, rise for at least 4 hours, and bake it until some parts of the crust start to darken (about 25 minutes at 425F or 35 or more minutes at 350, or for sweets 290 for 50 minutes but every oven is a little different so aim low).

LINK HERE

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If you get it direct from the distributor then it just runs basic Android so there's no reason it shouldn't.

[–] Photuris@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Oh, I thought it was a Linux phone for some reason.

[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's the best part, it can run Linux

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It does run Linux in all cases

[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

Technically correct is the best correct :D

[–] ByteMe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Maybe you were thinking about pipephone?

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 16 points 3 days ago

It runs standard android (Fairphone OS), /e/OS with open source implementation of Google services, LineageOS completely without Google products, Linux and probably more.

[–] Honytawk 7 points 2 days ago

Yeah, though I'm using LineageOS instead of /e/, my bank apps work.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 6 points 3 days ago

It worked. I only use it from time to time. But 90% of the time its online rather than mobile.

I don't want to mess with big $$ on my phone. Seems like a recipe for disaster.

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