- cross-posted to:
- fairphone@hardware.watch
- cross-posted to:
- fairphone@hardware.watch
Despite all the other compromises with the FF6, I still was ready to buy it until I noticed the USB-C 2.0. Which means no Android Desktop and significantly slower data transfer than the USB-C 3.0 in FF5. The linked Discussion thread from the Fairphone forum has some interesting additional points.
Is this a dealbreaker for you? (It is for me, I’m ordering a different phone today…)
Yes, I was particularly wanting that, as this would be a phone to have for years to come. This is a real bummer.
It’s such a weird choice considering that they want the FF6 to be “The Fairphone” that you’ll keep for like a decade, but then cutting one of the biggest new things that Android 16 offers :/ There was speculation that they’d sell a replaceable USB-C 3.1 port, but people on the forum say that just changing the port won’t help if the Motherboard doesn’t support it. Really sucks.
it’s such a weird decision considering poth ff4 and ff5 have USB-C 3.0
It is a downgrade for sure but if it’s not something you use then what does it matter. Fairphone is a tiny company and they felt this was a good place to cut on costs
Samsung has had Dex for years now and it hasn’t changed how people use their phone (for vast majority anyway). Maybe having it built into android will increase adoption but given that Dex is still not that practical or robust, it will be a while until Google’s implementation will be robust. Obviously, it’s a shame the feature won’t be available on fair phone but the phone isn’t that fast or have lots of ram anyway so I doubt desktop mode would truelly be that useful. It’s a shame but, for me, it would not impact my buying decision