• Lucy :3@feddit.org
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    3 months ago

    My experience with HMD ‘phones’:

    • Constant disabling/breaking of Bluetooth/Mobile Data/Wifi
    • Bricked after OS update
    • A ‘repair software’ that can only be used once (one action per activation), needs to be authorized by CS, can only be activated - and therefore used - x times per day and y times per week/month. It’s also utterly useless, only ‘fixing’ stuff temporarily. And stuff breaks more than the software can be used. That in itself sounds absurd, doesn’t it?
    • No unlockable bootloader
  • limerod@reddthat.comOPM
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    3 months ago

    Pros

    • attractive and high-quality chassis
    • self-repairable
    • fast WLAN
    • many mobile phone frequencies
    • eSIM support
    • freely assignable button
    • 4K video recording
    • wireless charging
    • hardly any throttling under load

    Cons

    • PWM flickering
    • Self* repair requires special tools
    • only 2 OS updates promised
    • Screen could be brighter and more color accurate
    • comparatively slow SoC
    • high price
    • quite heavy
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        3 months ago

        2 OS updates and 3 years of security patches alongside average power consumption, and average materials. It received 52% sustainability score.

        All in all. This is a poor man’s Fairphone.