Buy European

I remember people saying this about Windows Phone. It's a nice idea, but reality is that most banks will be happy to let the small percentage of users that make this request leave.

I don't even use a banking app lmao

jollaphone

It sound like something AI written but with some human intervention to make it look like less odd.
Don't quote me on that though

And I can guarantee you'd be basically helpless and mostly useless as a mobile dev in this landscape...

I'm painting a grim picture but the reality is that the task is so ginormous that it would take tremendous ressources and thousands of devs to make it happen.

The Jolla and the Volla phone both don't run Android. Or more precisely, Volla sells an version of their phones that uses Ubuntu Touch instead of Android.

While Jolla phones aren't running Android, they sadly still require the Android kernel.

A big thing about the Fairphone is ensuring proper compensation to the entire production chain for the phone.

When it comes to electronics its essentially impossible not to have it go through China, and even if it does not go through China, there is no guarantee that workers are not being exploited. So making sure that there is no exploitation in the production processes is more important for me than avoiding China altogether.

We live in a globalised world. To demand a "pure" X phone is simply ludicrous. Children mine many important minerals with little to no protection in west African countries, and if it's not children, it's probably Uyghurs or some other minority for the rare earth metals, the chips are made in multiple countries but mostly China and Taiwan using Dutch machines, assembled by suicidal hand in East and Central Asian countries, and sold in Europe. And that's not even all parts of the supply chain! Nearly every single link exploits one person or another, the money is used to lobby or forcefully keep the status quo in said country while making mostly already wealth Westerners rich.

To have a purely European phone, you'd probably have to pay 5k at least for the phone. Every European country's citizens will resist mining in their country because they are acutely aware of the environmental damage it does and who will get rich from it, but they will gleefully buy the same product made under horrible conditions in other countries and not bat an eye when asked if it's hypocritical. "At least it wasn't my backyard".

I've been using a Shiftphone 8 (after upgrading from a Shiftmq 6) with the degoogled ShiftOS-L. It does the job. The removable battery is really nice since I can carry around a spare battery and quickly swap if needed. However, it is made by a small company, so updates are quite sparse. I'd like to switch to iodéOS once it gets out of beta.

Been using a Fairphone 6with e/OS since basically it was launched and couldn't be happier! All my banking apps work.

I recently bought the FP6 with android preinstalled and installed /e/os myself because it was cheaper that way. Installing the is is not difficult at all and there is a detailed guide availabe.

I'm pretty satisfied so far. I'm not missing any functionality except for the headphone jack, but I was willing to compromise on that. Sadly it's almost impossible to get a phone with headphone jack nowadays anyway.

I generally look for smaller phones with long battery life, and value durability and longevity over cutting edge features. In that regard, the phone is very good in my opinion. It's smaller that current flagship phones and over the holidays I even went a week without charging it, on day-to-day use I'm currently charging it every 2 to 3 days.

I can't speak about how repairable it is yet myself, but according to FP and ifixit repairs should be very easy for things like changing the battery and doable with some steady hands for more complex repairs. There are no glued down parts, everything is screwed down or clipped in and you can buy spare parts straight from the manufacturer.

Got Fairphone 5 with eos, pretty happy with it.

I have had a Fairphine 6 running e/os for several months now, and I could not be happier. Fully de googled, but all apps I've needed run perfectly fine. Also I get around 40 hours of battery, so I charge the phone only every other day for about an hour.

Own FP5 with CalyxOS installed. I like this setup, only battery life is not very good (not sure how it goes on official Android). BatteryGuru sais 10%/h with screen active and around 1,2 %/h idling

That’s the advantage of large phone manufacturers is that they can buy in bulk.

There’s also used phones with unlocked bootloaders.

Pixel 8 pro now 539 euro

Lot of money for a grapheneos pixel 9a (729 euro), you kan buy them for 429  euro on.  https://www.belsimpel.nl/telefoon/google

Purism is American ~~does not run Android~~, and the NitroPhone is a rebranded Pixel with Graphene and disconnected sensors. Useful for privacy, not for e.g. European independence. ~~Not much different from a particular reselling Pixels with Graphene.~~

Edit: Changing my reasoning.

Ty, great source