cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/45810243
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Fairphones are issued to employees by the Information & Library Services (ILS) division. In addition to new Fairphones, the university can also reissue used Samsung devices where possible. These are Samsung devices that have already been returned and still meet the technical and age requirements. As long as these devices are still available, not every employee will receive a Fairphone immediately. Employees who have an iPhone from Radboud University can continue to use it as long as the device is still functioning. However, returned iPhones will no longer be reissued.
Employees who prefer to use their private phone for work can request an RU SIM card for this purpose. The costs for using your own device will not be reimbursed. Naturally, smartphone models that have already been issued will continue to be supported by ILS colleagues, as will privately purchased smartphone models used for work.
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Due to its longer lifespan, the total cost of a Fairphone is lower than that of comparable devices. In addition, Radboud University only needs to purchase, manage and support one standard model … Fairphone offers a five-year warranty and long-term software support for up to eight years. This means that devices need to be replaced less quickly. This fits in with Radboud University’s circularity strategy, which focuses on the longest possible use and reuse of ICT hardware.
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Getting a FairPhone 6 today. Bit anxious about doing the e/os switch without bricking it (literally and figuratively)
Don’t be afraid of installing a new operating system on your phone. It used to be a big ordeal, but nowadays there has been so much work done to make it super easy. Just follow the instructions from the website and you’ll be golden. Read twice and click once, my personal tip.
It worked just fine :-) shame the web installer isn’t working for FP6 yet. Bit did the command line okay.
I Read the anti brick instructions veeeery carefully.
Wow, this is amazing!
Awesome!
Crazy decision. The quality of FP and their customer service are abyssimal. I know because I used all of them from FP1 to FP4. After them just sending brandnew but broken FP5 phones twice to me. Looked into FP user forum. Learned 100+ other users experienced the same issue, yet no reaction from FP. Had to fight hard to get my money back. I am out. Good luck Radboud University, godspeed.
FWIW I haven’t had any issues with my FP6, everything works well.
Same here. My battery has never died and I’ve had it for almost two months.
I got a flagship and regret it. I wanted to degoogle and I couldnt get it to work for me and now I am overgoogled. The battery is shit. As much as I have always detested them, Samsung have a better UI than pixel.
They would be supporting them internally anyway, and for only specific apps since it’s a phone for employees. I wonder what the change in projected costs like that are.
Interesting. My fp5 is my first fp. I wouldn’t say I’m impressed with the hardware across the board, lots of complaints honestly. But the service has been pretty great to me. I had a problem with my fingerprint button and they queued up a replacement phone (ironic? Can’t even fix this lol) for me and shipping without me even pushing
You’re gonna get downvoted but frankly you’re correct. Everything FairPhone is incredibly unappealing to me, especially the fact they made it harder to change the battery. Next gen you’ll get glued battery and we’ve come full circle lol.
You’re comparing a company that sold 100k products to a trillion dollar one. Give them time?
What trillion dollar company did I compare them with ?
IMO FP should keep doing what they are known for, which is repairability. Six gens in and they are already dropping the ball instead of getting better at their craft. I’m not a client so I don’t care, but it’s already not looking great.
I hope we eventually go back to have amazing EU phone companies like we did with Nokia, but I don’t think this is it.
w00t My Alma Mater.
didnt we have news about december update bricking phones? greenwashing is fun, until you get a useless device.
How is fairphone greenwashing?
yeh and in NL we prefer whitewashing
Still no headphone jack
What if I want to also charge while using headphones, which is something I definitely do every hour of every day??? /s
Why does it need to be used “every hour of every day” to justify its existence?
The use case exists and I valued it
Because it makes little sense to have features that most people no longer care about in a phone trying to be repairable. One less thing to break, one less part to sell.
i have yet to meet a 3.5mm socket that’s gone bad. like. i get gutting the €0.50 or whatever, but it’s weird how many people defend this decision as pro-consumer when a lot of people would get a lot of utility out of it.
if the presence or absence of a headphone jack isn’t a factor in your decision making process, that’s fine, but for some people it is. they’re not attacking your decision. they’re just disappointed that something they’d otherwise want doesn’t meet some of their criteria for what they’re looking for
I see it as not having an IR blaster. Would be pretty handy sometimes. And unlike the headphone jack, can’t easily be fixed.
True, best just get rid of the feature entirely 🙄
Combined USB-C charger and jack connectors also exist, so could help you here.
Edit: ah… just saw the /s
Split connectors don’t fit my aesthetics 😭
Induction charger
Had to do this with an iPhone. Induction charging has a hard time keeping up with GPS antenna, streaming music and directions on long drives. Especially if you have a decently thick case to try and keep the damn phone in one peice for any length of time.
If you have to charge a FP 6 while using headphones, you’re doing something wrong most likely, unless you just have not used a charger in many days. The battery is awesome. Amazing how much better shit works when google is not wasting all your power by hacking your soul.
That’s the point of my joke. Even if your an avid user of wired headphones, it’s quite rare that you need to plug both. Maybe during a long flight.
Some phones used to have decent DAC (for a phone). Those cables don’t. And USB-C isn’t so robust as the jack.
It’s not a crucial feature for me, but I would have preferred to have more phones with jack and SD cards.
And they still have a DAC because they drive physical speakers.
If it’s about water proofing, the same solution that makes the charge port water-tight would work for a headphone jack.
And I have a combined charger/audio jack adapter for my car. It’s cold now, and the adapter doesn’t connect very well until it warms up. And since the audio is now being accessed via USB, the phone needs to unlock before it will start sending a signal. And every time it loses that connection, audio stops and the phone needs to be unlocked to start it again (lock screen play button will only play through the phone speakers until it’s unlocked).
Not to mention just getting a decent adapter isn’t straightforward either, especially in this day of so many fly by night “businesses” that just stick around long enough that the real negative reviews start to cancel out the fake ones they purchased as a cost of being in the fraud business, not to mention the “legit” businesses so often embracing enshitification and misleading marketing.
Oh also sometimes my car’s RPM can be heard through the speakers because that’s how it generates the current to power the adapter and it isn’t sufficiently isolated like it was on the phone.
I’m not a mac user I don’t want nor need 30 different dongles for every possible combination
Like the jack
You’re a headphone jack.
