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minus-squaremesamune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 year agoThe fairphone and terracube are starting to take off. Being able to replace hardware was a staple in early cell phone design and hopefully will come back.
minus-squareAatube@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI wonder why nobody has made some sort of headphone Jack module already
minus-squaremesamune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYeah… the old terracube has one and I loved it. Now I have a USB c to audio adapter and it sucks.
minus-squarephoneymouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down14·1 year agoI would consider these if they weren’t still using Android. Anything with Google involved is unacceptable to me.
minus-squarerandy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoFairphone is well supported by open-source Android distributions like Lineage and /e/OS. Not all Android is involved with Google.
minus-squareCumBroth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoFairphone allows you to unlock the bootloader and install an OS of your choice. See https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/9979154556817-Google-free-Android
minus-squareSharan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoFairphone is also pretty expensive to standards in my country as well. Although, a great concept.
The fairphone and terracube are starting to take off. Being able to replace hardware was a staple in early cell phone design and hopefully will come back.
I wonder why nobody has made some sort of headphone Jack module already
Yeah… the old terracube has one and I loved it. Now I have a USB c to audio adapter and it sucks.
I would consider these if they weren’t still using Android. Anything with Google involved is unacceptable to me.
Fairphone is well supported by open-source Android distributions like Lineage and /e/OS. Not all Android is involved with Google.
Fairphone allows you to unlock the bootloader and install an OS of your choice.
See https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/9979154556817-Google-free-Android
Fairphone is also pretty expensive to standards in my country as well. Although, a great concept.