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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
    235·
    9 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
      145·
      9 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
        12·
        9 months ago

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

        • TonyOstrich@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          9 months ago

          All I can say is that has not been my experience and I am curious what exactly people think is slow about it.

          I could be entirely wrong, but it seems like some people are conflating benchmarks against current flagships as the day to day experience.

    • cyberwolfie@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      9 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?

      • DacoTaco@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        Its gaming. I asked this in an old thread before and the response was gaming and emulation. Which is fair if you want the latest and greatest, but general usage on my fairphone 4 is snappy and fine so idk. I dont do gaming on my phone though :)

      • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        I dunno I just heard it was slow for general usage.

        But I also wonder why there exists so many phones that target mobile gaming with external fans and all that.

        What games are people playing that require a special gaming phone? Switch emulation or something is the only thing I can think of.

        Last I checked all mobile games ran perfectly fine on everything. I don’t really understand non-casual mobile gaming. If I want to play good games I play on a switch, steam deck, or I just wait until I get home and I play in the way I find most comfortable, i.e. using a mouse and keyboard.

        • cyberwolfie@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          Hehe yeah, mobile gaming seems awful to me as well. Never heard about external fans. Seems like going out of your way to have a sub-par gaming experience.

          • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            9 months ago

            Asus called their fan (and sometimes water cooled I think) contraption" AeroActive Cooler [rev number here]" I think the phone opens up in some way so the fan (or water) works better. It’s pretty cool technology but seems entirely useless to me at least but I have no idea.

        • DacoTaco@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          Fairphone 4 is not slow for general usage, but for gaming it can be slow depending on the load, ye.
          Gamecube emulation would be slower than latest and greatest, but those soc’s only have 4 years of support, and thats not up to fairphone’s standards

          Just like any hardware, it all depends what you use it for and what your requirements are.