USB 3.1 or at least 3.0 is very important!
The FM Radio would be fantastic too.
But what about āDisplay-Port over USB Type-Cā?
And the option to use a USB-Mouse and Keyboard?
Then I can connect my Fairphone to a monitor and use a mouse and keyboard.
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I still have an āLumina 950XLā with a āDisplay Dockā.
I can connect my old Galaxy Note 8 to this āDisplay Dockā and there I connect a USB-Mouse, a USB-Keyboard and a monitor.
So I can use the Note 8 like a PC (the Note will go to a friend these days).
You can already do so now (at least with a mouse) by hooking up an OTG adapter or cable to the USB-C port. I think thatās a better solution than making room for an additional port on a smartphone.
Maybe not just for an FP4 or later but also doable on FP3(+) via software update?
Iād like to have Seedvault as a second backup provider in addition to Google cloud backup. It would allow to store the backup on the SD card, a USB stick our your own nextcloud server.
It should work, at least it does on Lineage which has Seedvault as default. And as I also installed the GAPPs package, the two different backup providers are present and I can select which one to use.
I would love those dip switches on the side. One switch each for GPS, wifi, Bluetooth, Microphone and one for all cameras. ThatĀ“s really a good idea for the FP4!
(Then a Webcam Cover is no longer necessary.)
Iām certainly interested in the smaller size. Work just gave me an iPhone se 2020 and Iāve realized itās all the phone I need. Itās so small and light, it fits easily in a running belt so can be carried anywhere, anytime. If I could update my knackered Samsung to a fairphone I could train with Iād be top of the queue. Phones have gotten too big and impractical and a lot of customers simply need an easy to handle device.
Subjectively for some people buts ālotsā as a percentage is not very many. Fairphone are looking for customers that are concerned primarily about Fairtrade, user friendly modularity secondly.
I doubt a small phone is popular enough and that Fairphone have the financial backing to make more than one model. With the degree of modularity they are investing in would be technically far more difficult than the options that companies as affluent Samsung can afford.
If the modularity was forsaken then a smaller phone would be possible but I doubt Fairphone would want to backtrack on that aspect.
Fairphone 4 - smaller, cheaper, less performance, two camera (normal + wide)
Fairphone 4+ - more expensive, more performance, better camera, OLED, thatās sounds great.
You will cover two big parts of market, some people just want to phone for Facebook, messenger, instagram, nothing more.
Some people (like me) want to pay more, for better phone near to flagship.
Covering both part of market sounds like great shape to get more customers and help change the world.
Havenāt read all the comments yet, but a few thought from meā¦
I see a few mention USB-3.x. Although I still find it unbelievable that the FP3 basically has a usb-c-2.x bottom module, why not skip usb-c-3.x andgive it USB4?
5G has already been mentioned in different issues.
OLED displays sound really nice
Different specs/versions, like one ālow endā and one āhigh endā version, can really make Fairphone more interesting for a wide, very wide range of (future) consumers.
Iāve read the USB-C port in the module is the problem here. It seems to be missing some connector pins. If the port/module is re-designed (why not shoot up to USB4 while weāre at it?) wouldnāt these problems be solved???
Well it all depends upon what the core module can support, itās nothing to do with the bottom module. You know we all have one, the bottom just follows the body.
It would be great if we get wifi 6e,nfc,5g AND FM Radio /DAB Radio.
Being able to get news in case of emergency and for entertainment purposes makes it a lot cheaper on the data plan.
It is often part of the bluetooth and wifi chips but needs to be connected instead of grounded.
I hope fairphone doesnāt try to save a tiny percentage of a cent and allow classic radio on the phone.
For a phone it would always be nice if it gave access to the encryption algorithm that is used when we are connecting to the cellphone tower.
I really miss an indicator that shows a0-a5 besides the connection protocol (1-5g)
Whatever soc is used, a complete support in the linux upstream kernel by the manufacturer would be great for sustainability.
It is also faster if its not done by the community.
A bigger version is ok, but i wouldnāt vary a few inch -+, lets have 5,5 and 11/13 inch, aka a tablet and a phone.
Maybe you could get inspired by the librem5 and have hardware isolation for the modem, the camera and the microphone via switches to be completely safe from spying in certain situations
One switch each for GPS, wifi, Bluetooth, Microphone and one for all cameras. ThatĀ“s really a good idea for the FP4!
