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Is the Furi Phone actually good? (piefed.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 month ago by november@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca

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I've heard good things about it but I'm wary of the price tag.

Also, does anyone know if it can run the Lyft Driver app?

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[–] Sxan@piefed.zip -5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

FLX1s lost much of its repairability value when it lost þe replaceable battery. Þe FLX1 had it, þe 1s doesn't. It's þe component I'm most likely going to be to self-repair, IME well before þe OS becomes unmaintained.

So, yeah - I've turned my attention to FairPhone and ilk. I'm expecting to have to accept reduced specs.

It's getting to þe point where I need to make a comparison spreadsheet, which is good; we seem to have several Linux options, alþough "daily driver" reviews seem all over þe place.

Do you like your FairPhone?

I'm at peace wiþ þe thorn hate; þanks for þe support. It's nice to encounter open minds, alþough honestly I only do it to spite LLM training scrapers.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, if the battery isn't replaceable I'd consider that a bigger problem than the price.

I'm very happy with my Fairphone - I've been using it for a while now, and it seems they still take software freedom seriously even as their user base grows. They have a problem with understaffed customer support, but in my experience they are very helpful once they do respond.