It's not every day that a Youtube legend like Linus Tech Tips roasts your phone. We just had to get our co-founder and product manager Miquel to watch the wh...

I can’t believe some of the points Linus made against the Fairphone, especially given he’s onboard with the same compromises for the Framework laptop. 🤭

  • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Or their point about using a Qualcomm industrial chip instead of a Snapdragon chip as a point against Fairphone, when they have previously stated that it is to get a longer time of support.

    Of course the support is great, but some other phones also achieve that without a slow and old SoC.

    The Fairphone seems pretty nice in theory but the performance is pretty poor and the price is high.

    • TonyOstrich@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Poor in comparison to what though? I know what the benchmarks say but I don’t really notice any differences between the Fairphone 5 (what I’m currently typing on) or my previous phones (Huawei Mate 10, Zenfone 6, Zenfone 8 Flip) in terms of daily driving (aside from battery maybe). I’m sure there is for gaming, but that’s the one thing I don’t use my phone for.

      • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I haven’t used it personally but apparently it’s general usage is pretty slow.

    • cyberwolfie@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      10 months ago

      What are people using their phones for that require such beefy processing power? I have a Fairphone 4, which presumably is slower than the Fairphone 5, and it is perfectly snappy for all my needs. Actually curious. Is it gaming?