Fairphone 3 gets 7 years of updates, besting every other Android OEM

https://lemmy.ml/post/1935700

Fairphone 3 gets 7 years of updates, besting every other Android OEM - Lemmy

Thoughts?

From what I heard many Fairphone 3s didn't even survive that long. Quality, audio quality and performance all seem to be pretty bad. That combined with its very high price point kinda defeats the point of it. The idea is great, but the execution isn't.

I’m using a FP4, and here the signs are reversed. The hardware is working so far, but the software is incredibly buggy and instable.

Add to it the very mediocre hardware (slow, outdated SoC, terrible camera, bad battery life) and it’s not a fun phone to use. Especially not at that price point.

I renewed phones late last year and I pondered on getting the FP4, but I was unhappy with the camera and even though it’s replaceable it is not upgradeable. I got instead a Pixel 6A and it’s a pleasure to use (tolerating all the Google stuff).

I have high expcetations for FP5

I am quite certain you get the better user experience with the Pixel 6A than with the FP4.

Let’s see about the FP5. The issue is that FP is just not a large manufacturer, and it shines through.