• @koavf
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    14 years ago

    I don’t have a smartphone but have considered a Librem 5 or Pinephone because they are open designs. Can anyone tell me if 1.) as an American, I could buy a Fairphone and it would work out of the box and 2.) if the openness of the hardware and software are comparable to the two models I just listed?

    • @doodie
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      24 years ago

      They don’t ship outside of Europe. Not sure if it’s work in the US, sorry.

      The software is open source, the hardware is using closed source Qualcomm chips AFAIK. But you can easily dismantle the phone and repair it. Not sure how it compares to other phone you listed.

      • Ephera
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        24 years ago

        The software isn’t fully open-source either. It comes with the Google Play Services preinstalled, for example. They haven’t ruled out the possibility of a Google-free version in the future and you can get LineageOS running on there, but yeah, it’s just not all sunshine and roses.

      • @koavf
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        14 years ago

        Thanks! Looks like Librem 5 and Pinephone are my options, then and neither are really at market yet.

        • @michel
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          24 years ago

          Yeah. I’m personally pre-ordering the Pinephone PostmarketOS, but it’s for a secondary device to experiment with - I wouldn’t want to depend on it as a daily driver yet.