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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: 0.001s | source
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agile-gift0262 ◴[24 Jun 25 07:43 UTC] No.44363773[source]▶
phone wishlist:

  - user-replaceable battery
  - 7+ years of security updates
  - iPhone 13 mini size
  - iPhone 13 mini camera quality
  - plastic exterior
  - headphone jack
  - fairphone-style sustainability, repairability and part availability
  - GrapheneOS compatibility
  - fingerprint reader either on the back or on the power button
I miss my Pyxel 4a :-(
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1. crossroadsguy ◴[24 Jun 25 08:49 UTC] No.44364110[source]▶
The size is not coming back. Anything else might or might not but the size is not and it's sad.

My only guess is - some kind of bespoke/niche phone maker with a good profit margin might make it "on demand". Of course not "one order from customer, one order to their factory" kinda setup - you get the drift. Some kind of blocking/reserving fee for priority shipping etc.

I had kind of hoped Nothing could be that OEM. But naah! Why would they! They literally are "yet another smaller OEM" in the crowd of other smaller OEMs with that gimmicky backlight as the only differentiator.

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2. craftkiller ◴[24 Jun 25 15:47 UTC] No.44367488[source]▶
> My only guess is - some kind of bespoke/niche phone maker with a good profit margin might make it

Unihertz makes some very small android phones. I've never purchased one so I can't vouch for their quality.

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3. margalabargala ◴[24 Jun 25 16:16 UTC] No.44367794[source]▶
They are about what you expect. Durable yes, long battery life yes, small screen, crappy camera, bad modem.

The one gigantic downside is that the software gets updated never. They launch with the bugs they launch with and those are the bugs you get forever. They have no interest in allowing any sort of custom rom support, so you get what you get.

4. crossroadsguy ◴[24 Jun 25 17:11 UTC] No.44368424[source]▶
I assumed that with “considerably raised cost” it would be implicit to have great phones and great security/OS updates/upgrades. Not merely a very costly small Android phone for the sake of it :-)