carrylex

Although I couldn't find any source about the Falklands, the same definetly happend in New Zealand:

• https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/n11734/pdf/04_howitt.pdf
• https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21501-boiled-to-death-penguins-are-back-from-the-brink/

So I think it's very likely that it also happend at the opposite side of Antarctica.

Me on my de-googled phone:

I also found out a few other things that have changed:

• They now use Torx T5 screws
• The backcover and battery are now fixed with these screws
• The battery uses a dedicated connector
• Parts of the backcover now require a pick
• SIM/SD now sit at the bottom in a dedicated slot and don't require the removal of the backcover.
• The volume buttons got replaced by the "moments" button and are now on the left

IMHO this is kind of a downgrade in repairability as you now need custom tools (not everyone has a T5 screwdriver at home). Moving the volume buttons to the other side is also kind of weird and unexpected as most (non Apple) phones have them on the right...

Why does The Fairphone (Gen. 6) use USB-2?

In order to make the device more affordable, we explored how we could best balance our spec choices with the least possible impact on user experience. Going from USB-3 to USB-2 was one of them.

https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/24463093338898-The-Fairphone-Gen-6-FAQ

I just checked my phone and the up/down speed for files is roughly 40MB/s despite having a USB 3 connection.

USB 2 has a max. transfer rate (under optimal conditions) of 60MB/s, so I think when the phone storage improves a bit or the cable is a bit longer it will likely become a bottleneck.

Also note that there are other applications than transfering files which might need more bandwidth.

To be fair it really doesn't make much of a difference but USB 3 is now the standard for a century and has been around since 2008 so I somewhere expect a 600€ phone to also have it.

Compared to the Fairphone 5 it has some improvements but also a few downsides:

Pro:

• It's a bit smaller (~4mm) and lighter (~20g)
• Slightly better camera (future tests will tell how much better)
• 120 Hz display
• More RAM and storage (although I feel that the previous 6GB/128GB option was also sufficient for most users)
• WiFi 6E Tri-Band (however you will likely never need this speed)
• Bluetooth 5.4
• Slightly larger battery

Con:

• Backpanel now requires a screwdriver
• Display has less resolution/PPI
• Performance of processor will likely be nearly identical to predecessor (however it's more efficient and modern)
• Downgrade to USB 2
• 600€

My conclusion: Overall the improvements are ok, however just releasing the Fairphone 5 with a newer SoC might have been the better/more cost effective choice. Sacrificing display resolution for 120 Hz feels also quite wrong. 600€ is very pricy for a phone like this. Cutting some premium features away like the 120 Hz display or a bit of RAM and storage (that you can extend anyway with an SD card) might have saved enough to get the launch price down to somewhere near 500€ which would make it accessible for a wider audience.

Would be funny to know how the supposed 14TWh savings compare to the cost required to introduce/maintain these labels. And by costs I mean overall costs with everything related to it.

Recent IUCN Red List assessments for North American fireflies have identified species with heightened extinction risk in the US, with 18 taxa categorized as threatened with extinction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly#cite_ref-40

... optimise the use and recycling of critical raw materials

Does anyone have an idea how this helps with recycling?

They have 5 models listed for Google

Touché. However this doesn't change the fact that the interface is absolutely useless.

When I'm searching for Google I just get the model ids:

• GUR25
• GEC77
• GZC4K
• GTF7P
• G6GPR

None of these phones have the word "Pixel" anywhere and I have to look the market name up on a 3rd party website.

It's hundreds of cycles. So 1500 cycles.

Seriously? Maybe they should include the unit of measurement or just print two extra zeros.

Again these points just highlight that this utterly unusable for a normal user.