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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?

  • MartinXYZ@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    I’m fairly(pun intended) certain my next phone will be a Fairphone. What would be the main reasons not to buy it? I don’t mind the size, I don’t need an amazing camera but I do wish it had a headphone jack. That said, I expect to flash Lineage on my OnePlus 6 and use it a bit longer, to avoid e-waste for a bit.

    • DacoTaco@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Reasons not to buy it that ive seen so far :

      • ok specs, not intended for heavy apps like emulators
      • expensive
      • no headphone jack
      • very limited usage in us ( no full us release besides the /e/os release with limited bandwidth support )

      My personal opinion is that if you can flash a rom, you might as well get a fairphone if youre ok with the price. Fairphone is a bit behind on updates, but lineageos fixes most of that (specially once they release android 14 )

      • MartinXYZ@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I’m in Europe, so the problems with coverage shouldn’t be an issue here, as far as I’ve seen.

        As mentioned, I’m a bit miffed about the headphone jack, but I guess I can live with it if their Bluetooth chip is optimized for audio ( I found a post on Fairphone’s official forum from a guy who says he’s tested the Fairphone 5 several Bluetooth codecs, including aptX,and it works, so that’s enough for me.

        I also don’t use emulators, so yeah, I guess there’s very little reason for me to avoid Fairphone.