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The Fairphone 5 price has been dropped to €499. The phone is designed to be the most advanced environmentally friendly smartphone. (shop.fairphone.com)
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I don't like smartphones. I use a dumbphone.

But this is a wonderful initiative.

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[–] LoveSausage@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I know that pmos have a pixel 3a port , have been looking into that a while back but not installed yet. Worth checking out

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Looks like a lot of "Partial" support. Some concerns:

  • volume cannot be applied in software
  • On v24.12, the current is limited to 1 Amp and there is no thermal mitigation for charging.

Maybe it's fine? Idk.

[–] LoveSausage@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Battery charging is ofc an issue for main driver , but if you can live with it I'd say it's ok , no thermal control shouldn't be an issue at 1 amp . Basically at that you can't use the phone while charging and expect not to run out of juice.

Volume control yea needs testing I guess. Feels it can be an issue or not

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

Yeah, I could live with the charging, provided it can charge overnight. The volume is the real concern.