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Ars TechnicaFairphone 3 gets seven years of updates, besting every other Android OEM
Fairphone proves the usual excuses for ending Android support aren't valid.
Kevin Karhan 
@arstechnica it's just the #greed of big manufacturers to literally shill the next device and #DarkPattern clients into "#JustBuyANewOne!" that they employ...
I wished @Fairphone hadn't #downgrade|d the #FP4 with neither real #DualSIM [could've that #eSIM on a seperate #NanoSIM card!] nor a #HeadphoneJack [nor some smol adaptor that snugly fits in the bottom of the device to provide both #TRRS #Headset + #USB-C Data & Charging at the same time!
Brent "the birdman" Loon@arstechnica I wished they sold phones in the US
John Griffith
birdpoofThey now do! Although I think most of the models are currently on backorder.
Gothic Nightmare
Iain MacLean (he/him)@Brent_Loon @arstechnica Looks like they are going to be available in the US. www.androidpolice.com/murena-iā¦
Martin@Brent_Loon @arstechnica Apparently now available in the US through murena webshop?
MarjorieR@Brent_Loon @arstechnica and it now is, but not with vanilla android.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/fairphone-is-coming-to-america/
Chewie@arstechnica Good! Lets hope their replacement hardware parts are available for longer than the Fairphone 2 were :/
Pam Rose V@arstechnica has anyone here tried this phone? What do you think of it, UX-wise?
rawe@pamplifier @arstechnica posting from a FP3 right now. We have 5 of them (FP3 and FP3+), running stock ROM, LineageOS or iode. Its ok for everyday use. The camera on FP3 is not great, its better on FP3+ but not comparable to current high end phones. I like to use a custom ROM without Google including Adblockers, replaceable battery, dual-sim + SD, ... ; I can't tell too much regarding stock ROM UX as I bought mine to install a custom ROM.
Datendealerin šā@pamplifier @arstechnica I have the Fairphone 4 and I'm very happy with it! It's like every other Android phone but with less hick-ups. Not the latest technology you can get, but I never cared much about that anyways.
Espen Klem@pamplifier @arstechnica One of my kids have the FairPhone 3+. It's the same as v3, but with a better camera. Nice phone, a bit big, the camera is a little slow and it's not waterproof. But a good phone. And when he broke the screen, it cost less than 70 USD to buy a new one, and I could easily replace it myself. I have Farphone 4. A bit bigger screen and a little bit more snappy. Other than that the other points apply to that one too.
decibyte@pamplifier it's mostly just plain Android. If you like the UX of that, you'll be good.
@pamplifier @arstechnica
Writing this from FP4. It's everything I want from a phone, albeit a little heavy. It's got some quirks, sometimes the digitizer freaks out and I had some issues with GPS working in background tasks in previous versions of the OS. Other than that it's very solid.
Writing this from FP4. It's everything I want from a phone, albeit a little heavy. It's got some quirks, sometimes the digitizer freaks out and I had some issues with GPS working in background tasks in previous versions of the OS. Other than that it's very solid.
Moritz Negwer@arstechnica Happy Fairphone 3 user here. I've had mine since 2019 and it's worked well ever since, now with Android 13 (up from the original Android 9 I got it with).
Fairphone now pulls this off the second time (like for Fairphone 2), in spite of their production ecosystem, notably chip manufacturer Qualcomm.
This goes to show that engineering for longevity is entirely possible - probably just an investment that most other smartphone makers don't want to commit to.
M-A.DelsucI got my #FairPhone 3+ 2Ā½ years ago, changed the screen (broken by sitting on it š© ), changed the battery (a bit tired after 2 years).
Updated yesterday my /e/os ( #murena ) operating system to the latest version1.12.3 (dated june `23)
Runs smoothly, faithfully, and degoogleized ! ā¤ļø
Shawn K. Quinn@arstechnica The "usual excuses" are that there's no money on updating software on old phones, i.e. they expect you to recycle your phone after 3-4 years and "just buy a new one".
Stuart Longland (VK4MSL)@arstechnica Fairphone doesn't exist.
There's pictures of them on the Internetā¦ but try buy oneā¦ "Ohh no, we don't sell them to YOU, go away, smelly outsider".
Just Jo@stuartl @arstechnica I mean that's the experience trying to buy a Pixel in most countries.
I Am Not A Crook@arstechnica FWIW I have never had to repair a phone. I'm an early adopter and use both work and personal phones. If it breaks, it's time for a new phone. I don't buy new phones regularly.
Lojie 
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Happy Fairphone 4 user here!
I got mine 'de-googled', from Murena with the /e/OS.
Would recommend! š
Since I don't use headphones often, the missing #HeadphoneJack is not that big problem for me.
@arstechnica Unfortunately, they do look like Android phones from 2014.
Joe Beehammer (š šØ)@arstechnica the short update lifecycle is why I left android this year. Good to hear someone taking it seriously.
Fffinguixlcul@arstechnica desperate for this and the parts to be available in canada
Steven Roose@arstechnica @kiwix Is this like a forwarder bot? If not, (1) use hashtags for better discoverability and (2) clean up your URL from trackers.