Hi, On 4/07/2016 6:13 AM, Sven@GMX wrote:
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.
Yes, but the FF2 only has these LTE radios.... Bands 3 (1800 MHz), 7 (2600 MHz), 20 (800 MHz) Compare that to the similarly priced Nexux 6P global version: LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 9(1800), 17(700), 19(800), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) That's just for starters. I've just bought myself the Nexus 6P -- I do have a OnePlus One which is very close in lots of ways to the 6P right now. The latter only has FHD screen, but that is more than enough. I would have liked the HTC 10, but it was a bit too much. I do understand the pros and cons of Google and use Google as little as possible; regularly using DDG over their .onion address and with Orbot and Orfox together with ChatSecure and Signal on the phone. The Google account is simply a means to get the apps I want from the Play store and not much else. If the FF2 or FF3 offered more in terms of network radios, to be much less restricted in capability ..... then I would consider them; but I think the biggest failings of many phones relate to their network radios -- oh and of course, normally very late or never software updates; something that I am hoping the Nexus 6P will fix for me. The OnePlus One dropped the game for a while, but it seems to be back on track for software updates at least. Still, I have a very cheap ZTE 4G Fit phone that has all the right radios and performs very well in terms of network connectivity; but it is a very basic phone otherwise. Very good value for money in terms of network radios though. Cheers AndrewM