Dear Fairphone community, ever since I had the pleasure to be invited to the FP3 official release, I have been wondering what to do when my FP2 dies. I have one single absolutely non-negotiable criterion for a phone, and sadly, FP3 does not meet it: A mobile phone must fit in my Jeans front pocket…

that’s exactly what I will do too. Luckiliy I have three trousers with the perfect poket size for the FP3. My other two jeans will go to the local tailor. :smiley:

i would never carry a phone in my pocket for a lot of reasons, but phone size is about a lot more than fashion - sizes seem to be based on men’s hands rather than women’s. no real surprise there! i still have the FP1 & it fits extremely well in my medium-to-small hand. larger phones are clumsier to …

How About Shiftphone 5me? It has about the size and specs of FP2. The company is located in Germany https://shop.shiftphones.com/shift5me.html#product_tabs_description

I partially agree about the size. It fits in my front pocket but about a centimeter sticks out which still works but it is less than ideal. It also takes up all the space in my running armband so now i can’t fit my keys in there too. Maybe once FP scales to all countries, they could offer two screen…

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Hi @aral-matrix , when I was younger and still smoked, my tobacco tin wouldn’t fit in my jeans pocket, so I sew on a bigger pocket, with a nice embroidery on it. Maybe that is an idea for you??? By the way, at the moment I carrie a samsung A40, my boss gave me for work, which is almost the same size…

Just want to support the topic opener: "To me personally, a phone that can not be carried in the pants pockets is not a mobile phone. If I have to carry an extra container around to transport the phone, it becomes impractical. Other people may have different approaches… " Full Ack. Summer: Just T…

My tip was a belt clip (Feuerwear), which allows the smartphone to be worn on the trousers. Surely, you wear shorts in the summer? So the solution works in the summer as well. I should know, I used my FP2 for a couple of years that way. In fact, it has been my preferred method of carrying my smartph…

Of course. One way. But is the wish for a mobile phone being not so big so hard to understand or to accept ? Like another way.

I don’t think, that this wish is hard to understand. There have been discussions even before the FP3 came out, if it should be smaller again than the FP3; i.e. more like the FP1. My bet would be, that it’s the reason given or a smaller phone, that is triggering all those responses. You can not ar…

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