Fairphone 5 review: The most uncompromising repairable phone yet

Re:Fairphone 5 review: The most uncompromising repairable ph... by xctr94 on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @01:29PM (#37754947)

I agree, but first we’d need vanilla Linux working very well on laptops. If we can’t fix that, I don’t see how phones will fare better, what with their crazy amount of components and non-OSS compatible vendors.

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Re:Fairphone 5 review: The most uncompromising repairable ph... by fsflover on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @02:35PM (#37755809)

Using Linux on laptops for 10+ years without any problem. Just buy it preinstalled.

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Re:Fairphone 5 review: The most uncompromising repairable ph... by bullen on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @04:05PM (#37756841)

I think specific devices will have more likely positive outcome over time as chips don't become more performant = the design wont be obsolete and still sell many years later.

Modular devices (laptops are a mix of many modems, displays, sound, disk etc.) have had more edge case bugs because the volume is too low per generation to warrant fixes.

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Re:Fairphone 5 review: The most uncompromising repairable ph... by megous on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @04:24PM (#37757078)

Compared to laptops, smartphones have more sensors, and more complicated camera setup. That's about it. They're not significantly more complicated than laptops.

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Re:Fairphone 5 review: The most uncompromising repairable ph... by xctr94 on Monday October 09, 2023 @07:40AM (#37819323)

But also more vendors, market fragmentation, and far less open-source firmware?

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Re:Fairphone 5 review: The most uncompromising repairable ph... by megous on Thursday October 12, 2023 @10:29PM (#37865840)

Almost no laptops have opensource firmware.

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