Radboud University selects Fairphone as standard smartphone for employees | Radboud University
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Radboud University has decided to choose Fairphone as its standard company smartphone model for reasons of sustainability, cost efficiency and management support.

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/45810243

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Fairphones are issued to employees by the Information & Library Services (ILS) division. In addition to new Fairphones, the university can also reissue used Samsung devices where possible. These are Samsung devices that have already been returned and still meet the technical and age requirements. As long as these devices are still available, not every employee will receive a Fairphone immediately. Employees who have an iPhone from Radboud University can continue to use it as long as the device is still functioning. However, returned iPhones will no longer be reissued.

Employees who prefer to use their private phone for work can request an RU SIM card for this purpose. The costs for using your own device will not be reimbursed. Naturally, smartphone models that have already been issued will continue to be supported by ILS colleagues, as will privately purchased smartphone models used for work.

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Due to its longer lifespan, the total cost of a Fairphone is lower than that of comparable devices. In addition, Radboud University only needs to purchase, manage and support one standard model … Fairphone offers a five-year warranty and long-term software support for up to eight years. This means that devices need to be replaced less quickly. This fits in with Radboud University’s circularity strategy, which focuses on the longest possible use and reuse of ICT hardware.

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    • Squizzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 days ago

      I got a flagship and regret it. I wanted to degoogle and I couldnt get it to work for me and now I am overgoogled. The battery is shit. As much as I have always detested them, Samsung have a better UI than pixel.

      • ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        13 hours ago

        A flagship what? What google issues are you having? I have some tips if Samsung is the problem.

        I got a flagship and regreted it too.

        • Squizzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          Pixe10lpro. Battery sucks. Google issue is that they are everywhere offering additional ai if i accept terms

          • ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            1·
            14 hours ago

            That one I do not know about. Shizuku and Canta can be used to remove a lot if the bloatware, but can soft brick if you remove play store. For play store just disable with Canta. Why not just put Graphene on there? Is it too new for Graphene support?

            • Squizzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              12 hours ago

              I bought it for Graphene, I never wanted google anything much less their phone. But I needed a good camra and I got it for halfprice, figured gOS would be great but NFC payments are only available through google wallet for my bnaks and android auto didnt work.