Hello guys! A few days ago my current phone fell flat on its screen and it cracked. It’s still usable, but its already quite old, and I’ve been wanting to switch to Fairphone because I like what they are doing as a company, and I like that I can get a device with a degoogled OS directly from them.
However, currently only the 128GB/6GB storage/ram version of the /e/os Fairphone 5 is in stock.
I mainly use my device for media (youtube -> free alternative, stremio, ebooks, etc), calls/texts, and texting through internet messenger apps.
Finally, my question: do you guys think I should wait for the 256GB/8GB version to be back in stock, or just get the currently available one. I don’t play mobile games so I dont need anything fancy in that regard.
It is worth it to note that my current device has 128GB storage but 8GB ram, which is more what I am wondering about whether it will be enough. I don’t want it to be unusably laggy a few years down the line, I plan on having my next device for at least 8 years, more if possible.
Anyway, thanks for all the help in advance!
Edit: will wait for the 256GB/8GB version to be back in stock. Thanks for all the advice!
I can see your point about the price, but I dont need to change the OS on it. They sell the Fairphone 5 both with googled android, as well as a version with /e/os.
I’m aware of that, but there’s a significant portion of FP users ditching the provided eOS and going with something that’s way more privacy respecting; I’m sure you can find comparisons with graphene, calyx, lineage, aosp, etc. online.
so what I meant was, if you’re one of those, then there are zero reasons for choosing FP, other than supporting their mission.
edit: similar topic from a while ago https://lemmy.ml/post/23014970
Ohh i see what you meant now.
I do like their kission and how repairable their phone is, so if im going to get a new one i want it to be that one. As for the OS, if down the road i do decide to move away from /e/os i can look into repacing it down the road