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…)

  • CameronDev@programming.dev
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    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.