The Pixel site sets the language based on geography and does not allow changing it without changing the region, which comes with a warning about delivery and currency conversion.
One of these makes me feel understood and accounted for as a potential customer, the other makes me want to CTRL+W and move on.
I am aware that this doesn't affect the majority of people. That doesn't make it less frustrating that Google keeps doubling down on this with many of the things they do.
To be fair, Google likely knows what you had for lunch and so it decides which is the best region for you; Trying to change it is an edge case /S.
What I don’t understand about Fairphone is how they will deliver these updates. Fairphone, like others, uses Qualcomm chips. Qualcomm supports their chips only for three years (four years for recent ones, but not the ones FP is using). This is what held Google back to ship reasonable security updates on Pixel devices so far. How can a small company like Fairphone convince Qualcomm to make more updates if Google couldn’t? Or will they just end up shipping incomplete security updates, like a community project?
Which is more or less is inline with 5 years software support guarantee of FP.
Given the rest of their software, I don’t really trust them to deliver. I’ll happily be convinced otherwise though.
Edit: Checked their shop and now says Out of Stock: https://shop.fairphone.com/en/fairphone-3-plus
You might have gotten unlucky on timing right at the end of orders.
I'm not mad, but it is obvious to me that they had no capability or intention to fulfil my order and were just hanging onto the €. They also sent me an email (before I cancelled) saying I could turn my current order into credit for a v4 preorder.
I am NOT spending $900 on a phone.
The camera is also a big draw of the Pixel phones. I think it might be a long while for open source and commodity hardware to match top smartphone cameras.
FairPhone 4 not only promises 5 years of android software updates but also has 5 years of warranty, There are more reasons to trust their words than any of the other phone manufacturers.
• They are not profit focused but rather towards sustainability, They have been delivering their promises consistently for 8 years and so it's not an idealistic vaporware.
• They produce the most repairable smartphone using components sourced from conflict free areas. Parts for repair are available directly on their site, Parts for FairPhone 1 are still available.
• Their factory workers get living wage bonus, Of course do not employ child labor while preaching humanity.
• They have first class support for alternate operating systems i.e. We are the owners of what we buy; So support from alternate OS like Linux, Sailfish or even android ROMs like LineageOS could exceed even the official 5 years support.
FairPhone4 hardware is competent enough for average daily use, Only drawback I see is that the phone is available only in Europe. Then again Google Pixel phones have been notorious for being available in only couple of countries.
[1] https://shop.fairphone.com/en/