Looks like a new model for the Fairphone has been announced! What do you think about it?
Personally I love the fairphone project but after having tried GrapheneOS on my Pixel 6a it would be hard to move to a different OS
Looks like a new model for the Fairphone has been announced! What do you think about it?
Personally I love the fairphone project but after having tried GrapheneOS on my Pixel 6a it would be hard to move to a different OS
Browsers will never have a higher requirement. It’s the particular websites that will use newer technologies that older browsers may not support.
It may not be a mainline browser, but there’s no reason you couldn’t grab a new browser made to allow your currently out of date phone to use newer features, or at least the features your phone supported at launch. A cursory search on fdroid showed at least 1 browser with a requirement of android 4.4+.
The main thing to remember is that every website doesn’t take more power or newer technologies than the last. It’s only very specific situations where anything will need more power than something had 5 years ago. 99% of my apps could run on anything probably just fine. Email, Music, Audiobooks, VPN, 2FA etc. Most of those probably have security checks requiring a minimum OS version. Meaning they would actually work for longer on a phone with longterm OS updates than a phone that’s much stronger.
With the obvious exception being games. But I would never recommend thinking long term about games in any circumstance.
Sure, games are a separate story (for both, laptops and phones)
How old is your phone and what was the reason you upgraded it last time, if I may ask?
My phone is 2 years old for me. I bought a oneplus 8 refurb in 2020 for Christmas. Unlocked and outright. I got it because my Galaxy S9 before that was Verizon locked, and I just got off my parent’s phone plan. Verizon is very expensive.
I’ll still use my old phone from time to time. Mainly for dual account Pokemon Go, or plug it up to a TV to watch something that doesn’t support cast, like Newpipe.
I’ll keep this phone as long as I can. It’s on its last update, though. I’ll use LineageOS when I can.