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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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[–] Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

How is the situation with the boot loader? And when will it be real Linux compatible?

If answers are “can be unlocked” and “Soon™️”, I gotta get one

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

No idea. Although I would probably just get a USB mobile connection with a pi or something if I wanted gnu/Linux running. Just my opinion.

[–] jlow@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Postmarket is available for the FP4 but seems to be not really usable judging from the table:

https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices

I'm running Calyx (😭) on the FP5 atm, unlocking the bootloader seems to work for FP4 - 6:

https://www.fairphone.com/en/bootloader-unlocking-code-for-fairphone

[–] jlow@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 days ago

Looks like Ubuntu Touch is also working on the FP4:

https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/fp4/

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 8 points 3 days ago

Yeah. Personally its OK. Does its job.

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Murena sells a version with it pre-installed.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago
[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Did you really get a FP4 or did you mean 6?

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[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

How does the camera compare to other phones with good cameras?

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

Looks the same as the 6a. I can't tell the difference.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Edit: I just read that OP is talking about FP4 not 6, which was released 4 years ago and had considerably worse camera performance compared to the new one. Also support for it will end next year.

~~There are reviews online about it that are better prepared than someone's anecdote. Looks like it is about the same as many other midrange phones. Most probably not as good as a 6a, but the difference is not as big as in the past and they both lack telephoto lens. ~~

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