Does the Fairphone gen. 6 support Desktop Mode / external displays over USB-C?
forum.fairphone.com
So sad. 🙁 Nice and clean design but it’s clearly a downgrade in some places. At least FP5 is not obsolete, it’s just an alternative to FP6.

Despite all the other compromises with the FF6, I still was ready to buy it until I noticed the USB-C 2.0. Which means no Android Desktop and significantly slower data transfer than the USB-C 3.0 in FF5. The linked Discussion thread from the Fairphone forum has some interesting additional points.

Is this a dealbreaker for you? (It is for me, I’m ordering a different phone today…)

  • JBrickelt963 (φ)@framapiaf.org
    1·
    19 hours ago

    @python rien que pour ça je ne pense pas que je pourrais le prendre #fairphone6 … Le transfert de données me semble indissociable. Et m’est très utile actuellement avec mon #Fairphone #fairphone3.

    Alors même que les options d’attaches – en plus de la fonction “écran essentiel”– pour tenir le téléphone me semblait bien pour moi et soutenir la marque.

  • Noerknhar@feddit.org
    181·
    3 days ago

    I use the USB port for charging, and charging only. It really doesn’t bother me at all.

    • DavidP@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 day ago

      Same here, if I want to use a large display for any task or a movie I fire up my laptop.

    • python@lemmy.worldOP
      11·
      3 days ago

      That’s super fair! I totally see that Fairphone is more of a brand for people who are a bit more minimalist with their phone, hope that maybe one day there will be a Fairphone for power users with specs closer to what Google Pixel offers (a girl can dream haha)

  • CameronDev@programming.dev
    71·
    3 days ago

    Hard pass. What a pointless downgrade in functionality. I’m due for a new phone, and this had tweaked my interest, but lacking desktop mode and fast USB is crazy in 2025.

  • TurboTurbo@feddit.nl
    5·
    3 days ago

    Yes, I was particularly wanting that, as this would be a phone to have for years to come. This is a real bummer.

    • python@lemmy.worldOP
      4·
      3 days ago

      It’s such a weird choice considering that they want the FF6 to be “The Fairphone” that you’ll keep for like a decade, but then cutting one of the biggest new things that Android 16 offers :/ There was speculation that they’d sell a replaceable USB-C 3.1 port, but people on the forum say that just changing the port won’t help if the Motherboard doesn’t support it. Really sucks.

    • python@lemmy.worldOP
      6·
      3 days ago

      Really cool software! But my use case is that the Offices at my Job have Dell Docking stations everywhere and I really like just plugging my phone into those and using it as a small Desktop PC. I’m not really allowed to install software like this to my Work Notebook as a workaround ;_;