The rumors were true. Yesterday a rumor claimed that the Fairphone 6+ would become official on August 18, and today the company has confirmed it. The...
You can always get the FP5, that still has USB 3 speeds. Honestly, the 6 and 6+ aren’t a huge upgrade over the 5 (and in some senses like the USB speeds a downgrade)
At the moment it’s not great as a desktop replacement, but that’s mostly because of Android IMO, which just isn’t great at that stuff at all. My hope is that some time into the future Linux for mobile improves to a point where it’s usable for me as a daily driver, then it might just be useful as a desktop replacement. Because here’s the thing: the FP5’s chipset can power two displays, and AFAICT if the internal display isn’t used, it can power two external displays - it’s just Android which doesn’t support it. If that’s the case, it could be quite the productivity machine on Linux.
Mobile Linux is pretty usable. Pretty much the only thing I’m missing in Mobian is the patch that enables call audio routing, which will be there in a couple days or weeks at most.
You can always get the FP5, that still has USB 3 speeds. Honestly, the 6 and 6+ aren’t a huge upgrade over the 5 (and in some senses like the USB speeds a downgrade)
You can’t necessarily, they don’t sell it anymore. You have to hope resellers have stock in your region.
Oh OK, that sucks. Oh well.
Also, the FP5 has display output via the USB-C connector, which the FP6 does not have.
That’s great for connecting to a hotel’s TV when travelling. Some people also use it as a desktop replacement, but not really my thing.
At the moment it’s not great as a desktop replacement, but that’s mostly because of Android IMO, which just isn’t great at that stuff at all. My hope is that some time into the future Linux for mobile improves to a point where it’s usable for me as a daily driver, then it might just be useful as a desktop replacement. Because here’s the thing: the FP5’s chipset can power two displays, and AFAICT if the internal display isn’t used, it can power two external displays - it’s just Android which doesn’t support it. If that’s the case, it could be quite the productivity machine on Linux.
Mobile Linux is pretty usable. Pretty much the only thing I’m missing in Mobian is the patch that enables call audio routing, which will be there in a couple days or weeks at most.
I thought they still didn’t have VoLTE up and running, among others? For some I can’t access their wiki at the moment.