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Fairphone 5 Released (shop.fairphone.com)
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With 5 years of OS support and 8 years of security update.

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[–] Player2@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

None of my existing chargers supported the fastest protocols that my device from a few years ago supported, and it didn't come with one. Also, what if you're getting a device for the first time and actually don't have any? At least it should maybe be an option when buying one so you can decide not to get one if you don't need it, but a new device should come with everything needed to operate it.

[–] erwan@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's not hard to buy a separate charger if you need one.

Just like game consoles no longer come with bundled games despite being useless without a game. You're big enough to know what you need.

[–] Player2@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They still come with a power cable and a controller though, which are necessary to actually turn on the machine. If you don't already have a charger and didn't notice that the device you're getting doesn't come with one, you probably can't even turn it on to see if it works before having to buy more things.

[–] Ulv@feddit.nu 2 points 1 year ago

Phones are generaly charged because its better for the battery but i am not saying that im not miffed about chargers no longer inkluded

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