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Really wish Fairphone would come to the US. I'd spend the money on it, but they only half-ass sold the last gen phone here on the US.
I don't even understand why. They support most 4G and every mid and low band 5G in America. Even if I could just import it, I'd be happy.
AT&T has a whitelist system, they check IMEIs often and if your device is not approved, cell service stops working.
For Verizon, you have to call customer service to do a manual override.
Only T-Mobile allows any phone to work without explicit approval.
Probably some reason like they don't want people complaining the service is bad because they use a "no-name brand" phone, so they just cut you off and blame your phpne because it's easier for corporate. (Yay, capitalism! 🫠 /s)
I heard that Australia now has a Nationwide whitelist system that even block unapproved phones from calling the emergency number.
Technology is really getting enshittified. 😓
I can send you one probably, but you know.. tariffs (and processing fees).
Went to buy one but they don't sell to USA any more. THAT will tell off tRump.
I have the fairphone 4 and have had no issues. As long as a fairphone exists I don't see any reason I should switch.
Can even get it pre-installed with /e/OS to minimise snooping by Google
Fairphone don't sell replacement mainboards, presumably to stop people building phones from parts but they look very serviceable in other respects.
