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Fairphone 5 Released (shop.fairphone.com)

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With 5 years of OS support and 8 years of security update.

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[-] irasponsible@beehaw.org 37 points 10 months ago

Is there any market research at all indicating that customers want 6"+ displays?

Unfortunately, yes. People who buy smaller phones are the people who buy a new phone less often, and small phones tend to sell worse than the big models (see S10e, iPhone 12(?) Mini) so don't get renewed. Would be nice if they did.

[-] NiklzNDimz@beehaw.org 13 points 10 months ago

It's so frustrating that this is true. I use devices until they're dead or at risk of serious compromise before getting another, but the only options are ones that I can't even hold comfortably with one hand. I'm seriously considering the Jelly 2 at this point.

[-] DJDarren@beehaw.org 6 points 10 months ago

I picked up a 13 Mini back in March, and will ride this bad boy for as long as I can, in the hope that Apple eventually release another Mini model.

So perhaps it’s true that we hold onto our little phones for longer, primarily because we’re waiting for another little phone to come along.

[-] sparkl_motion@beehaw.org 4 points 10 months ago

This is so true. I had a 12 mini and upgraded to the 13 mini in December. The battery is better, and I plan on keeping this until the next mini phone arrives. (If any)

[-] HumbertTetere@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago

For the FP4 they said one of the reasons they remove the aux input was that more people asked them to reduce the size of their phone than to keep the input.