Enhanced security. More customization. Increased privacy. Android 14 is about to add even more oomph to your Fairphone experience.
  • Pasta Dental@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    334·
    4 months ago

    Isn’t android 15 about to become stable? As someone who would be interested in getting a fair phone, I that kind of makes me want to reconsider. I like getting up to date software because I hate being a year late on features

    • Ilandar@aussie.zoneEnglish
      253·
      4 months ago

      It’s pretty normal for Android manufacturers to be well behind on updates. There are really only a handful that are actually reliable, the rest are pretty bad. Feature updates seem to matter less and less these days, though. You can go back several versions and not really notice any difference.

          • cordlesslamp@lemmy.todayEnglish
            3·
            4 months ago

            For example, If I copied something in the clipboard, every time I opened any app, a window popped up to ask if I allow the app to access Clipboard.

            An annoying “-1” screen when I swiped the home screen to the left (mostly accidentally). It shows all kind of shit I didn’t care for like news, stock, weather, pictures. I have separate app for that when I needed it.

            That’s just a few.

            • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
              4·
              4 months ago

              If I copied something in the clipboard, every time I opened any app, a notification popped up to ask if I allow the app to access Clipboard.

              That sounds like a great security feature!

            • limerod@reddthat.comMEnglish
              31·
              4 months ago

              I’m on android 14 (realmeUI) and do not get any noification asking for confirmation before allowing the app to read or paste clipboard data.

              • Zoot@reddthat.comEnglish
                4·
                4 months ago

                They have it set where you have to grant permissions to any new app requesting said permission. This is literally something the user has done to themselves that (most) others are actually thankful to have such a feature lol.

      • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        72·
        4 months ago

        It’s pretty normal for Android manufacturers to be well behind on updates.

        Samsung managed to get a workflow rolling where the lag is relatively short. Basically Pixel owners are treated as beta testers and three or so months later Samsung owners get the upgrade.

        • Ilandar@aussie.zoneEnglish
          4·
          4 months ago

          Yeah Samsung is pretty good, one of the “handful” I was referring to. They are consistent and fulfil their promises.

    • SineNomineAnonymous@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      It’s a bit annoying (I know I’m still not getting it on mine despite the announcements), but their handling it of major updates (performance wise) have been decent on my end. I do love my FP5, but it’s a bit hit and miss according to experience I read about online. I know my experience of their headphones (the most recent ones, the wireless buds) has been horrendous but I would recommend the FairPhone personally.

    • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      614·
      4 months ago

      Fuck features, security is the important thing here. If they are 10 (11?) months old on major systems version jumps, the fuck are they doing for monthly security patches?! A year? 18 months?

      For me, the biggest drive for me when getting a phone is rapid security updates. Then, openness of the bootloader. My phone - everyone’s phone - is a golden ticket to a huge trove of data about the person. Modular parts and repairability are important (and very desirable for me), but absolutely not at the cost of security.

      And it’s not like it’s difficult to put these together. Android… 8? Set the framework for modern updates. Everything is separate and only what you need to update has to be touched, so they can be very small and quick to install. We aren’t in the multi-gig full system images days, requiring full QA and deep testing anymore. Patch, ship. It’s not fucking difficult!

      Arghhhhh!

  • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    42·
    4 months ago

    I get that that article is supposed to be a bunch of good things that they did about the device, but it makes me really uneasy as someone who was curious about fairphone learning that when they had an obstacle in their path they chose to just remove the feature instead of provide workarounds.

    I don’t personally use aod myself but it’s never a good thing to add a feature to a phone and then remove the feature cold cut for better battery performance. A simple on/off toggle would have sufficed greatly like what every other phone with AOD has