corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down111cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·8 days agoAnd screen. And buttons. I also want something that’s supported more than 3 years so there’s a point to repairing it. Ideally, support should come from the community so it can be infinite as long as someone is willing to do the work.
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-28 days agoBased on https://postmarketos.org/install/ the Nokia N900 can run the latest stable release of PostmarketOS. Nokia N900 was a proper Linux-powered phone released in November 2009. So yeah, it’s been getting over 15 years of community support so far. Edit: Fixed typo
minus-squareNeilNuggetstrong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoWhat’s wrong with Fairphone then? Think I’m gonna buy FP 6 when it arrives
minus-squareLazycog@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoI’ve also been looking at FP but I believe there are some issues of getting one outside of Europe.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoWe only get FF 4 here (US), and through a reseller (Murena). And my understanding is that there are caveats in the bands it supports.
minus-squarenerdyshades@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoI am in the US, and bought my FP5 through clove technologies in the UK. I’m on T-Mobile and get 5G and everything.
And screen. And buttons.
I also want something that’s supported more than 3 years so there’s a point to repairing it. Ideally, support should come from the community so it can be infinite as long as someone is willing to do the work.
Based on https://postmarketos.org/install/ the Nokia N900 can run the latest stable release of PostmarketOS.
Nokia N900 was a proper Linux-powered phone released in November 2009.
So yeah, it’s been getting over 15 years of community support so far.
Edit: Fixed typo
What’s wrong with Fairphone then? Think I’m gonna buy FP 6 when it arrives
I’ve also been looking at FP but I believe there are some issues of getting one outside of Europe.
No Jack.
We only get FF 4 here (US), and through a reseller (Murena). And my understanding is that there are caveats in the bands it supports.
I am in the US, and bought my FP5 through clove technologies in the UK. I’m on T-Mobile and get 5G and everything.