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Fairphone 6 is switching to a new design that's even more sustainable

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401 points Bluestein | 4 comments | 23 Jun 25 15:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.875s | source
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stiray ◴[24 Jun 25 07:35 UTC] No.44363735[source]▶
I am still waiting for Fairphone and Graphene OS collaboration. This is match made in heaven.

Any Fairphone/GrapheneOS developer reading this? Just do it, document if something is not secure enough for you, but do it. Nothing to think about, you fit together like hand and a glove and any seconds thoughts are depriving the planet of THE PHONE!

Pick the cash we will throw at you and make second generation with the cpu GrapheneOS wants, that will make the /r/GrapheneOS members eyes shine, drooling and crying of joy at the same time. +throw them in a few hardware switches for camera, mic, connectivity,... disabling. No need to wait to be perfect in first iteration (and due to that craziness and perfectionism will never happen), to gain the possibility to be perfect in second or third.

I would love so much to stop buying Google Pixel phones just to install Graphene OS and protect myself from Google and its ecosystem, it seems so counterproductive.

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1. tomgag ◴[24 Jun 25 07:43 UTC] No.44363775[source]▶
I, for one, would buy one.

Make it small and I would buy 3.

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2. teekert ◴[24 Jun 25 08:51 UTC] No.44364122[source]▶
Me 3.

It looks like they really won't though: [0]

It's such a shame, vision-wise the GrapheneOS crew must be much closer to the FairPhone team than they are to Google and Samsung, one would guess... But the GrapheneOS people find security tech (such as secure enclaves) and update cycle very important. After the bad Pixel news, they find Samsung to be the best fit: [1]

I would (as many here) also hope that they could somehow make the FairPhone crew step up in their security practices, help them do it. They would be the golden combo, except perhaps for things like camera quality and raw speed/AI chips. And possible the niche is just to small to be profitable.

But a man can dream... I'd pay 1.5 to 2x normal price for a FairPhone/GrapheneOS combi, it would align with my values in almost all dimensions. And then I'd buy a Pebble and just be happy.

I really don't know what to do when my iPhone 12 mini dies. I do like the iPhone, but I also liked my OnePlus3 with LineageOS. I was originally planning on a Pixel/GrapheneOS after this phone, but that dream has shatter I think...

[0] https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/114721751616786103

[1] https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/114721967328643999

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3. IlikeKitties ◴[24 Jun 25 08:54 UTC] No.44364138[source]▶
> It's such a shame, vision-wise the GrapheneOS crew must be much closer to the FairPhone team than they are to Google and Samsung one would guess... But the GrapheneOS people find security tech such as secure enclaves etc very important.

I seriously doubt that given fairphones track record in regards to updates and security. GrapheneOS Devs value timely updates and integration of security tech. Fairphone does neither.

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4. teekert ◴[24 Jun 25 09:00 UTC] No.44364175{3}[source]▶
FairPhone has such limited resources and needs to extract money from such a small niche, that they have hard choices to make. And it's sustainability above all.

But if another party would help with the security aspects, that might change the equation for them.

FairPhone may not be the most attractive partner security-wise but I think that the FairPhone team is much, much less likely to rug pull them like Google did (and Samsung may). Which has got to be worth something.