HenrySalayne

I had experienced a lot of issues myself you wouldn't expect from a modern and quite expensive phone:
the back button is either fixed to the left side (away from my thumb) or you have to use gestures (I opted for gestures which also annoy me time and time again because input is misinterpreted) instead of directly toggling between speaker and ear-piece on calls, there is now a sub-menu where you need to select the output device - unnecessary steps and complexity to add insult to injury, sometimes calls are randomly routed to connected devices the phone regularly locks up (doesn't react to inputs) after unlocking and you need to lock it and unlock it again to make it work I get spammed with system notifications whenever my bluetooth earbuds connected. Every 5 seconds the phone would vibrate to tell me the headphones are now connected. The only fix was to mute system notifications altogether... Except I have a Pixel 8 Pro. So I am wondering how much the LTT review of the Fairphone reflects issues with the Fairphone and how much it reflects the state of current Android itself. The back button is 100% an Android issue and not a FP5 issue.
With the absence of recent phone reviews on the main channel (especially running a stock or low modified version of Android) I would have liked a more educated approach to this topic. It seems like some things are attributed to the device for a lack of knowledge what stock Android does today.
 I'm also not sure if the Pixel 8 is the right contender (the OS without extensive custom work seems to be a good match). The FP5 comes in at 699€ (256GB) while the Pixel is 859€ (256GB) - a 23% mark-up in Europe. This should have at least been mentioned in the video. The price difference alone puts these two phones barely in the same scope, while the unique "fair" aspect of the FP makes it almost impossible to compare to other phones. There is no other device with a similar meticulously documented supply chain and there is probably a good reason no major phone manufacturer has done something like this.
I want to make clear that I'm not hating on the LTT review of the FP5. I think a lot of the talking points are fair criticism, but I also feel like Linus got carried away into the negative a little bit too far.
 
My bottom line of a recent phone upgrade: It's mostly not worth it. A Note 5 might probably not look too bad in comparison to any modern phone.
I upgraded from my 2018 Huawei Mate 20 Pro because it won't receive updates and I take a lot of photos in low-light conditions. Taking a phone with one of the best cameras was a given. The Pixel 8 Pro has an objectively well improved camera system - the rest of the device is a sidegrade at best and sometimes even a downgrade.
Customizability has decreased, efficient workflows now take additional steps and the overall look and feel is just ok. Why do clocks need to be gigantic nowadays? Why is there a gaping hole in the middle of my screen. Why am I unable to unlock my phone with my face in bed at night? Because an IR sensor would not fit in the budget of a 1100€+ phone? I haven't experienced major improvements in runtime, in speed or in efficiency (of usage). The only thing that's way up is the amount of software issues I experienced so far. I can not recall any similar shenanigans with my previous Android devices.

Update: Apple has once again terminated the termination of Epic Games. And they did it because they have seen the errors of their ways and because of their good heart. They absolutely didn't do it, because the EU asked "you wanna get fined?".

This is VGA ghosting, it comes from a poor quality analog signal. A better cable may help.

LTT had a rather recent video called something along the lines of "how many USB devices can you connect to your PC", in which they explain the topology and show tools how to debug USB devices. Maybe using these tools will help you troubleshoot your problem and find a solution.

Driver materials and physical tuning definitely play a big part in terms of the end response, but outright saying driver size will have a minimal effect is plain false. Ignore at least half of what you read on this forum.
 
Your sense of scale and resolution increases with larger drivers, along with stereo imaging capabilities (assuming they're all of the same quality / similar tuning). The more surface area you have to work with, the more you can do with it.
 
Loudspeakers > Headphones > IEMs = for this reason also. Small drivers sound small, and that's indisputable.

Summary
Apple has been ordered by the European Commission to pay a 1.8 Billion Euro fine (approximately 2 Billion USD) after Spotify launched a complaint over Apple's 30% tax on subscriptions purchased through iOS apps and Apple's developer rules preventing app developers from informing customers that subscriptions can be purchased at a cheaper price outside of the app [such as subscribing directly through the website]. Apple takes a 30% cut on subscriptions made through iOS apps and their developer agreement prevents developers from informing customers of alternative purchase methods. Apple has been ordered to stop preventing app developers from informing customers of cheaper subscription options. Apple has announced they intend to appeal the decision.
 
 
Quotes
 
Statement from the European Commission:
[Continued... https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_1161]
 
 
My thoughts
There was recently a post on this forum asking why it was more expensive for them to subscribe to Youtube Premium through an iPhone than it was for them to subscribe on their PC. I don't think many people realise that Apple's takes a 30% cut from subscriptions made through iOS apps which will often make subscribing to those services more expensive as services pass that extra cost on to consumers.
I think 30% is excessive but I actually don't mind if Apple takes a cut of purchases made through the Apple App store. Google (Android Play Store) and Steam to name some similar software marketplaces also take a cut from sales made through their store and taking a cut of sales is required for those marketplaces to remain feasible. The restriction Apple places on developers preventing them from informing customers about cheaper subscription methods is purely designed as an anti-competitive measure to prevent people from subscribing outside of the Apple system. I'm glad that the European Commission has recognised it as such and fined Apple over it.
 
I really hope that Apple is forced to allow all app developers to inform customers about alternative subscription methods - not just music streaming services. Apple is a direct competitor to Spotify and other streaming services with their Apple Music service which is likely why they were hit so hard in this complaint from Spotify but I would like other apps like video streaming (Youtube, Twitch, Floatplane?) to be able to inform customers within the app about cheaper subscription methods. Hopefully this is just the first domino to fall in allowing all apps on the Apple App store to inform customers about alternative subscription methods.
 
Sources
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68467752
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_1161

Minor correction:
The focal point of the Apple Vision headset (and any other headset for that matter) is fixed without taking the virtual distance to an object into account. Your eyes won't adjust their focus regardless if you're looking at a close or a far away object through the Vision headset. However, the parallax of objects changes, which solely creates the 3D effect. And this can be a major contributor for eye-strain and fatigue, since your eyes have to keep a fixed focal length while they need to cross-eye at objects to get the depth information.

If you wouldn't be so narrow-minded, maybe you would have noticed I'm not talking about Starship. I'm not the one who deducted that "SLS didn't blow up on its test, so any other Spacecraft shall not blow up on a test".
 

A few additions:
wireless charging: I agree with point made for efficiency, but a a removable back cover with wireless charging is possible and would only need a few pogo pins. Samsung did it on their Note 3 devices way back in 2013. That doesn't interfere with repairability.  Swapping SIM and SD cards: this should absolutely be doable on the fly. It might not be the most common usecase, but why should you impair how people use their phone. Maybe somebody wants to quickly write an album or two on an SD card to put it into a music player? bezels and antennas: despite the snarky undertone, that's something I didn't know and the insight into design decisions is quite cool. Battery endurance: I think that's a fair point from Linus, but if the Fairphone has only certain tasks (like video playback) when it doesn't perform as long as other phones, it's less of an issue. Probably needs more investigation. minimum ringtone volume and vibration: good that this has made it on the list. Should be an easy fix. BTW, making a custom ringtone with a lower volume on the actual audio file might solve this issue for the time being. All in all I feel like their reaction video is a good addition to Linus' video, but I also appreciate Linus' review for mentioning a lot of issues and these issues being heard. Questions like "do you need to game?" and "do you need to watch more than 10 hours of Youtube?" have some truth in them, but quantifiable tests should always be quantified. Nobody wants the results of a Youtube playback test to be "long enough".
One weakness of Linus' review (which I already mentioned) and which was mentioned again in the reaction video is the lack of a clear separation between Fairphone and Android issues.

IMHO the conclusion has one flaw:
 

 
A 115" TV  is not (115"/98") = 17.3% larger than a 98" TV but actually (115"²/98"²) = 37.7% larger. You would call a 110" TV four times as big as a 55" TV, or wouldn't you?
 
Or as a comparison table:
  TLC 115" Samsung 98" Generic 77" OLED  price $11,000 $8,000 $2,000 area 5651 sq in 4104 sq in 2533 sq in cost/area $1.947/sq in $1.949/sq in $0.789/sq in

The very same argument can be made for calling RAM speed Megahertz instead of Megatransfers. A widely accepted wrong use of terms doesn't make it any better.
 
And Intel is in my opinion especially to blame here. Renaming all their nodes to "surpass" the competition by name is adding even more malicious confusion. TSMC has claimed that N3 derivates are competing with Intel 18A. This has to be seen, but I honestly don't think we should feed the marketing departments by calling these nodes 3 nm and 1.8 nm respectively.
Tom's Hardware shows everything that's atrocious with this particular terminology in this article:
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tsmc-our-3nm-node-comparable-to-intels-18nm-tech
 
"3 nm class" and "1.8 nm class"? What the hell is a "X nm class" if it's all arbitrary made up names? Intel 18A is in a better "class" but has worse technology, because they are beaten by TSMC's lower class 3 nm tech?
This is a good example of unnecessary and harmful segmentation and categorisation. It adds nothing for the reader. On the contrary, it breathes life into outdated concepts. Why the author felt the need to add this is beyond me. It doesn't serve the article, it doesn't educate readers, it just adds another layer of confusion preventing readers from actually diving into the intricacies.

Oh, maybe you should read that article again:
 

If you use such a broad scope, I probably encountered similar problems as N1 getting out of bed this morning. 😅
It's only natural to use superficial and basic comparisons for a quick assessment. But at this point in the thread we are long beyond that. It has all been said before and you can read it again a few pages back.

Absolutely, but it gets even more confusing if you convert made up numbers who are just a marketing term to different units. 🤷

I somewhat disagree with this sentiment. The environmental impact of a long use period is only one facet of the Fairphone. The mission statement behind the very first Fairphone was social sustainability and fair working conditions for everyone involved in the supply chain. It was supposed to be similar to the fair trade label on coffee or other products.
Back then (and probably nowadays) this meant certain components - without a fully documented supply chain or problematic origins - could not be used, which naturally lead to some odd hardware choices.
Over the years environmental aspects like a more modular approach and long software support have been added to their mission statement. These in particular might honestly be a little bit overly present nowadays.
However, their original mission statement has culminated in national legislation in Germany (EU legislation pending):
 
I do agree that it is rather hard to use a phone with issues for a very long time. And the issues you had with the Fairphone could be deal-breakers for some people and are (mostly) worth mentioning. But I cannot get behind the sentiment that "only people who are using it for 7+ years" accomplished something. That's not the essence of the Fairphone and that's not the only thing it accomplishes.

The machine learning algorithms generally struggle from any irregular pattern made of (almost) identical things.
Pasta is really hard:

 
Screws are also quite complicated:

 
And nobody has trained the poor AI generator on the difference between nails and finger nails, leading to this abomination:

 
or this one:

The machine learning algorithms generally struggle from any irregular pattern made of (almost) identical things.
Pasta is really hard:

 
Screws are also quite complicated:

 
And nobody has trained the poor AI generator on the difference between nails and finger nails, leading to this abomination:

 
or this one:

I had experienced a lot of issues myself you wouldn't expect from a modern and quite expensive phone:
the back button is either fixed to the left side (away from my thumb) or you have to use gestures (I opted for gestures which also annoy me time and time again because input is misinterpreted) instead of directly toggling between speaker and ear-piece on calls, there is now a sub-menu where you need to select the output device - unnecessary steps and complexity to add insult to injury, sometimes calls are randomly routed to connected devices the phone regularly locks up (doesn't react to inputs) after unlocking and you need to lock it and unlock it again to make it work I get spammed with system notifications whenever my bluetooth earbuds connected. Every 5 seconds the phone would vibrate to tell me the headphones are now connected. The only fix was to mute system notifications altogether... Except I have a Pixel 8 Pro. So I am wondering how much the LTT review of the Fairphone reflects issues with the Fairphone and how much it reflects the state of current Android itself. The back button is 100% an Android issue and not a FP5 issue.
With the absence of recent phone reviews on the main channel (especially running a stock or low modified version of Android) I would have liked a more educated approach to this topic. It seems like some things are attributed to the device for a lack of knowledge what stock Android does today.
 I'm also not sure if the Pixel 8 is the right contender (the OS without extensive custom work seems to be a good match). The FP5 comes in at 699€ (256GB) while the Pixel is 859€ (256GB) - a 23% mark-up in Europe. This should have at least been mentioned in the video. The price difference alone puts these two phones barely in the same scope, while the unique "fair" aspect of the FP makes it almost impossible to compare to other phones. There is no other device with a similar meticulously documented supply chain and there is probably a good reason no major phone manufacturer has done something like this.
I want to make clear that I'm not hating on the LTT review of the FP5. I think a lot of the talking points are fair criticism, but I also feel like Linus got carried away into the negative a little bit too far.
 
My bottom line of a recent phone upgrade: It's mostly not worth it. A Note 5 might probably not look too bad in comparison to any modern phone.
I upgraded from my 2018 Huawei Mate 20 Pro because it won't receive updates and I take a lot of photos in low-light conditions. Taking a phone with one of the best cameras was a given. The Pixel 8 Pro has an objectively well improved camera system - the rest of the device is a sidegrade at best and sometimes even a downgrade.
Customizability has decreased, efficient workflows now take additional steps and the overall look and feel is just ok. Why do clocks need to be gigantic nowadays? Why is there a gaping hole in the middle of my screen. Why am I unable to unlock my phone with my face in bed at night? Because an IR sensor would not fit in the budget of a 1100€+ phone? I haven't experienced major improvements in runtime, in speed or in efficiency (of usage). The only thing that's way up is the amount of software issues I experienced so far. I can not recall any similar shenanigans with my previous Android devices.

I am not a general computer class. They don't exist anymore. I am audio/video and I need them to be able to do what we need to do. That is it.
 
And I am not calling them idiots in some general sense. I am saying that as a whole, they are not capable of doing/handling that level of work. Hopefully there is a "yet" on the end of that...
Many, many students are typically 2-3 years behind the previous established norm.
 
This of all things popped in my youtube recommended last night and it is a good watch for some context.
 
 
 
I know I come across as abrupt and frustrated and it is because I am. I am a teacher because I want to be, but it is so discouraging the mentality of students in school now. Find some random teacher "I quit and why" videos. It is incredibly demoralizing.

I don't want to be a negative Nancy, but they were comparing the FP5 with a Note 5! I get the confusion because Linus was holding his Note 9 into the camera from time to time, but all tables use a Note 5 for comparison.
 

 
 

I had experienced a lot of issues myself you wouldn't expect from a modern and quite expensive phone:
the back button is either fixed to the left side (away from my thumb) or you have to use gestures (I opted for gestures which also annoy me time and time again because input is misinterpreted) instead of directly toggling between speaker and ear-piece on calls, there is now a sub-menu where you need to select the output device - unnecessary steps and complexity to add insult to injury, sometimes calls are randomly routed to connected devices the phone regularly locks up (doesn't react to inputs) after unlocking and you need to lock it and unlock it again to make it work I get spammed with system notifications whenever my bluetooth earbuds connected. Every 5 seconds the phone would vibrate to tell me the headphones are now connected. The only fix was to mute system notifications altogether... Except I have a Pixel 8 Pro. So I am wondering how much the LTT review of the Fairphone reflects issues with the Fairphone and how much it reflects the state of current Android itself. The back button is 100% an Android issue and not a FP5 issue.
With the absence of recent phone reviews on the main channel (especially running a stock or low modified version of Android) I would have liked a more educated approach to this topic. It seems like some things are attributed to the device for a lack of knowledge what stock Android does today.
 I'm also not sure if the Pixel 8 is the right contender (the OS without extensive custom work seems to be a good match). The FP5 comes in at 699€ (256GB) while the Pixel is 859€ (256GB) - a 23% mark-up in Europe. This should have at least been mentioned in the video. The price difference alone puts these two phones barely in the same scope, while the unique "fair" aspect of the FP makes it almost impossible to compare to other phones. There is no other device with a similar meticulously documented supply chain and there is probably a good reason no major phone manufacturer has done something like this.
I want to make clear that I'm not hating on the LTT review of the FP5. I think a lot of the talking points are fair criticism, but I also feel like Linus got carried away into the negative a little bit too far.
 
My bottom line of a recent phone upgrade: It's mostly not worth it. A Note 5 might probably not look too bad in comparison to any modern phone.
I upgraded from my 2018 Huawei Mate 20 Pro because it won't receive updates and I take a lot of photos in low-light conditions. Taking a phone with one of the best cameras was a given. The Pixel 8 Pro has an objectively well improved camera system - the rest of the device is a sidegrade at best and sometimes even a downgrade.
Customizability has decreased, efficient workflows now take additional steps and the overall look and feel is just ok. Why do clocks need to be gigantic nowadays? Why is there a gaping hole in the middle of my screen. Why am I unable to unlock my phone with my face in bed at night? Because an IR sensor would not fit in the budget of a 1100€+ phone? I haven't experienced major improvements in runtime, in speed or in efficiency (of usage). The only thing that's way up is the amount of software issues I experienced so far. I can not recall any similar shenanigans with my previous Android devices.

Hi there. I think you don't want that. Using a PC always means there a multiple ways to achieve the same thing. Testing a student on their ability to klick through something as intended by the teacher is a HORRIFIC way to measure their performance. I can see why you as a teacher want something like that, but I would strongly advise against it.
 
In my opinion, a combination of multiple-choice tests and (a) project(s) is more suited for this. The questions could look like "you want to change the font size. Where can you set it?" and you show them a screenshot with 4 marked areas pointing to different parts of the UI and they need to select the correct one. This could be easily done with educational software like Moodle.
The project part should allow students to freely achieve certain goals, however you define those goals. "Create a document with three tiers of captions, a title and, automatic date and numbering in the footer."
This is a very basic example, but there are at least three ways to set the footer in Word. How would your "test" account for all instances when there are several solutions? Do you even know all ways to do a certain task? Maybe there is a hidden context menu when you press a certain key.
 
You want to turn your students into educated users, capable of acquiring new, safe and efficient skills to use their computer. Forcing them to act in set scenarios in a certain way is certainly not achieving this.

I had experienced a lot of issues myself you wouldn't expect from a modern and quite expensive phone:
the back button is either fixed to the left side (away from my thumb) or you have to use gestures (I opted for gestures which also annoy me time and time again because input is misinterpreted) instead of directly toggling between speaker and ear-piece on calls, there is now a sub-menu where you need to select the output device - unnecessary steps and complexity to add insult to injury, sometimes calls are randomly routed to connected devices the phone regularly locks up (doesn't react to inputs) after unlocking and you need to lock it and unlock it again to make it work I get spammed with system notifications whenever my bluetooth earbuds connected. Every 5 seconds the phone would vibrate to tell me the headphones are now connected. The only fix was to mute system notifications altogether... Except I have a Pixel 8 Pro. So I am wondering how much the LTT review of the Fairphone reflects issues with the Fairphone and how much it reflects the state of current Android itself. The back button is 100% an Android issue and not a FP5 issue.
With the absence of recent phone reviews on the main channel (especially running a stock or low modified version of Android) I would have liked a more educated approach to this topic. It seems like some things are attributed to the device for a lack of knowledge what stock Android does today.
 I'm also not sure if the Pixel 8 is the right contender (the OS without extensive custom work seems to be a good match). The FP5 comes in at 699€ (256GB) while the Pixel is 859€ (256GB) - a 23% mark-up in Europe. This should have at least been mentioned in the video. The price difference alone puts these two phones barely in the same scope, while the unique "fair" aspect of the FP makes it almost impossible to compare to other phones. There is no other device with a similar meticulously documented supply chain and there is probably a good reason no major phone manufacturer has done something like this.
I want to make clear that I'm not hating on the LTT review of the FP5. I think a lot of the talking points are fair criticism, but I also feel like Linus got carried away into the negative a little bit too far.
 
My bottom line of a recent phone upgrade: It's mostly not worth it. A Note 5 might probably not look too bad in comparison to any modern phone.
I upgraded from my 2018 Huawei Mate 20 Pro because it won't receive updates and I take a lot of photos in low-light conditions. Taking a phone with one of the best cameras was a given. The Pixel 8 Pro has an objectively well improved camera system - the rest of the device is a sidegrade at best and sometimes even a downgrade.
Customizability has decreased, efficient workflows now take additional steps and the overall look and feel is just ok. Why do clocks need to be gigantic nowadays? Why is there a gaping hole in the middle of my screen. Why am I unable to unlock my phone with my face in bed at night? Because an IR sensor would not fit in the budget of a 1100€+ phone? I haven't experienced major improvements in runtime, in speed or in efficiency (of usage). The only thing that's way up is the amount of software issues I experienced so far. I can not recall any similar shenanigans with my previous Android devices.

Hi there. I think you don't want that. Using a PC always means there a multiple ways to achieve the same thing. Testing a student on their ability to klick through something as intended by the teacher is a HORRIFIC way to measure their performance. I can see why you as a teacher want something like that, but I would strongly advise against it.
 
In my opinion, a combination of multiple-choice tests and (a) project(s) is more suited for this. The questions could look like "you want to change the font size. Where can you set it?" and you show them a screenshot with 4 marked areas pointing to different parts of the UI and they need to select the correct one. This could be easily done with educational software like Moodle.
The project part should allow students to freely achieve certain goals, however you define those goals. "Create a document with three tiers of captions, a title and, automatic date and numbering in the footer."
This is a very basic example, but there are at least three ways to set the footer in Word. How would your "test" account for all instances when there are several solutions? Do you even know all ways to do a certain task? Maybe there is a hidden context menu when you press a certain key.
 
You want to turn your students into educated users, capable of acquiring new, safe and efficient skills to use their computer. Forcing them to act in set scenarios in a certain way is certainly not achieving this.

Oh, no, you are right. Modifying the existing API to allow it to register PWAs for push notifications instead of the browser itself would take probably decades to develop. It's not like any browser on this planet has a per website push notification system already in place...
 
"only choice". Sure...
You probably have an article from Apple explaining this in detail? Or is this just your opinion?