corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1272arrow-down119cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down1·1 day agoAnd screen. And buttons. I also want something that’s supported more than 3 years so there’s a point to repairing it. Ideally, support should come from the community so it can be infinite as long as someone is willing to do the work.
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-21 day agoBased on https://postmarketos.org/install/ the Nokia N900 can run the latest stable release of PostmarketOS. Nokia N900 was a proper Linux-powered phone released in November 2009. So yeah, it’s been getting over 15 years of community support so far. Edit: Fixed typo
minus-squareNeilNuggetstrong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 day agoWhat’s wrong with Fairphone then? Think I’m gonna buy FP 6 when it arrives
minus-squareLazycog@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day agoI’ve also been looking at FP but I believe there are some issues of getting one outside of Europe.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoWe only get FF 4 here (US), and through a reseller (Murena). And my understanding is that there are caveats in the bands it supports.
minus-squareneon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThey are pretty expensive for the hardware. Unless I’m misremembering don’t they charge flagship prices but have midrange specs?
And screen. And buttons.
I also want something that’s supported more than 3 years so there’s a point to repairing it. Ideally, support should come from the community so it can be infinite as long as someone is willing to do the work.
Based on https://postmarketos.org/install/ the Nokia N900 can run the latest stable release of PostmarketOS.
Nokia N900 was a proper Linux-powered phone released in November 2009.
So yeah, it’s been getting over 15 years of community support so far.
Edit: Fixed typo
What’s wrong with Fairphone then? Think I’m gonna buy FP 6 when it arrives
I’ve also been looking at FP but I believe there are some issues of getting one outside of Europe.
We only get FF 4 here (US), and through a reseller (Murena). And my understanding is that there are caveats in the bands it supports.
No Jack.
They are pretty expensive for the hardware.
Unless I’m misremembering don’t they charge flagship prices but have midrange specs?