Fairphone 5: Keeping it 10/10? | iFixit News
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Is the Fairphone 5 just a repeat of a proven formula or a real improvement compared to its predecessors?

While they were happy with what the fairphone 4 brought to the table, they seem to like what was changed for the fairphone 5.
What are you guys’ opinions on this? A welcome change? would you get one if your phone died within the next year?

  • LWD@lemm.eeEnglish
    161·
    10 months ago

    Fairphone has never previously provided full security patches for anywhere close to their promised support. The Fairphone 4 doesn’t currently receive proper security support but rather receives the Android Security Bulletin patches consistently 1-2 months late and many of the recommended patches (Pixel Update Bulletin) years late.

    Fairphone 4 does not include a secure element and does not provide many of the expected hardware security features. It also has a broken/incomplete implementation of verified boot and attestation.

    That’s the GrapheneOS team’s response right there.

    Which I guess can be taken with a grain of salt, but the Graphene developers are known for nothing if not correctly assessing security.