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Ok. Next time I go to Europe, I’m buying a Fairphone.
Unless you’re happy with a very mediocre phone - please don’t. I very much applaud the idea behind fairphone, but the years I had my fairphone 3 were full of frustration.
Could you explain? What about the fairphone did you find frustrating?
Low end hardware made the user experience frustrating and the overall performance was poor. It’s annoying because the concept is good, but a phone that’s supposed to be your “long term phone” shouldn’t be painful to use after only months. It’s certainly very repairable - or seemed to be. I didn’t actually have to ever repair mine, but if I’m going to deliberately have a phone for a long time then I need it to stay off with specs that mean it’ll still perform after three or four years.
What issues did you have with it?
I use an FP3 personally, on Android 10 at the mo (13 is available, but i’m planning to move to Lineage instead), haven’t experienced anything I would describe as a dealbreaker - especially compared to my previous device which was an S5.
On paper it looks rubbish, but compared to my S5 it’s night and day. That said, I wouldn’t suggest any ‘sustainable’ device to someone using a mainstream flagship like an S23 etc, as ‘sustainable’ devices typically always pick older components with the longest service/support life, not the latest and greatest. It’s a compromise I am fine with, but people who are very heavy/demanding power users should 100% look somewhere else or just keep using their current device IMO…
Actually, on the topic of FP issues, particularly for the target audience that i is maybe likely to use more FOSS apps on their device, is a bug that mis-clicks after a lengthy amount of time spent in apps that use Jetpack Compose for the UI (like Jerboa and Kvaesitso). I’m not familiar with that tech at all though so this is completely out of my depth. I’ve only ever noticed fellow FP users complaining about it. The fix is to force kill the app, which can get a little bothersome
I’m waiting for the FP to hit the NA market. I have run Nexus/Pixel devices exclusively for 12 years, and all kinds of custom roms over the years; 3 years now on GrapheneOS. But the repairability is a strong draw to the FP, and I believe it also allows bootloader unlocking and relocking with a different key, so software-wise it checks that box too. The only downside is hardware, especially the camera. But I’m still quite interested in it.
The hardware being very poor was the killer for me. Unless they improve starter specs or allow you to upgrade hardware I won’t ever buy another one.
Have you noticed a difference in camera quality between the pixel running the OS it ships out in and when running Graphene OS?
Got Fairphone 5 but I can only compare it to my old phone, a Samsung Galaxy A3 I’ve used for about 13 years. Main complaint is the speaker: points down and sounds worse than my old phone. 90Hz OLED looks great. Perhaps it’s mediocre too in comparison to modern phones but I want to avoid using proprietary software. Most phones might as well not even exist.
I wanted a case that covers the screen but Fairphone only have a side cover. Got lucky with one from a 3rd party but it doesn’t turn off the screen when I close the cover like my old phone case did. I assume that had a chip in it or there’s a software setting I’ve not found.
Also, I didn’t know I could get it with /e/ already installed so I’ve been trying out stock Android in the meanwhile.
Samsung was pretty much one of the only manufacturers installing hall sensors under the display to detect the magnets in their flip cases. I think they stopped including that sensor around the time they got rid of the hardware home button. Their latest tablets still do include a case sensor AFAIK, not sure if it’s the same hall effect one or something else though.
As a side note I miss those cases with the small window, was pretty cool to be able to just flip the lid, see the time, then stuff the phone away
That’s a damn shame. I guess modern phones auto wakeup with fingerprint readers or face recognition?
I’d really like to hear more about your experience. When did you get it? Was was it about the phone that wasn’t up to your expectations?
I answered above replying to another post.
I saw it. Thanks. I’ll have to reevaluate my choices I think.
Do they have a store there? Planning a trip to Europe
I think it’s in most mobile phone stores. I’m not sure though. All I know is that it’s not here in Canada.
Most mobile phone stores sadly only sell big brands noeadays. I’ve been looking for a store that sells Sony, haven’t found one yet
Now that’s surprising. Sony isn’t some small startup brand.
It is. And this isn’t just in Europe. I look wherever I go when I see electronics shops, I just want to try one before buying it