Just got a fairphone 4. It feels so much more solid than my old pixel 6a. Its battery lasts for almost 2 days. Same performance that I can see. Spare parts for cheapish on the site.

Anyways just wanted to share.

  • lusterko0@kbin.earth
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    3 days ago

    might be a stupid question, but why wouldn’t you be able to use it in the US, or any other country?

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      3 days ago

      Different countries have different providers, use different radio frequencies, etc and thus have different hardware and so on. Phones made for a particular market might not function well (or at all) in another market. This has historically been a barrier to cross-border adoption, though it has gotten a bit better in recent years.

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      Different radio channels are often used in different regions to get the bits from phone to tower and back. Software-defined radio only goes so far, at some point the hardware RF filters and the like have to be compatible.

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      Sorry, not sure what you’re trying to say. I tried saying “a fairphone from the US would be more accessible than from EU because of shipping. I live closer to the US”.