I used to to have the Fairphone 1 working, first in the Optus network and then Vodafone back in 2014. Both working fine with the FP.
-- Sven > On 2 Jul 2016, at 11:19 AM, FVZ <jabj...@fastmail.com.au> wrote: > > Fairphone is a work in progress from what I can see. The first revision was > mostly focusing on just making a phone that was built from conflicts-free > materials, and much easier to self repair. There has been a great deal of > moral support from them for free software but it hasn't been a major focus as > of yet. > > With the Fairphone 2 they are trying to get much more free software friendly > but this isn't going much deeper than the current AOSP level, the drivers > will still be proprietary simply due to the manufactures not playing nice as > usual. It isn't much more free than a phone running Cyanogen. > > Now that they have already successful shipped a product and are going into a > second round they will start to get more leverage in trying to free up the > lower level hardware. They heading in the right direction but this will take > time and trying to get stubborn hardware manufacturers to pay attention. > > About the only warning I will give about the current phone is 529,38 € before > shipping which is approximately $780 AUD, also considering the phone is > designed for EU phone standards and I am not sure how compatible that is with > our local networks. > > Michael Verrenkamp > >> On 01/07/16 22:00, free-software-melb-requ...@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au >> wrote: >> Send Free-software-melb mailing list submissions to >> free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> >> http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb >> >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> free-software-melb-requ...@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> free-software-melb-ow...@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Free-software-melb digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Fairphone: The smartphone with social values (Ben Finney) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2016 08:40:08 +1000 >> From: Ben Finney <ben+freesoftw...@benfinney.id.au> >> To: free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au >> Subject: [free-software-melb] Fairphone: The smartphone with social >> values >> Message-ID: <85bn2iuwqf....@benfinney.id.au> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> >> Howdy all, >> >> Many of our recent meetings have touched on the difficulty of obtaining >> a handheld computer (a “smartphone”) that works with only free software. >> >> Has anyone looked into the Fairphone <URL:https://www.fairphone.com/>? >> >> There have been some models historically that could be made to work with >> some degree of free software, but this is one where the designers are >> proud of how the hardware is in control of the owner who bought it. >> >> They deliver only within Europe for now. Does anyone know someone in the >> EU (which for now still includes the UK!) who could help some of us by >> ordering a few Fairphone devices and delivering them to Australia? >> > > _______________________________________________ > Free-software-melb mailing list > Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au > http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb > > > Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/ _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/
