PolymathAug 16, 2023

Fairphone 5 - release date and US support??

https://lemmy.world/post/3289795

Fairphone 5 - release date and US support?? - Lemmy.world

Ever since I learned about the Fairphone [https://www.fairphone.com/en/], I keep trying to figure out when they’ll release the Fairphone 5. Further, I keep wondering whether it’ll be usable easily and realistically by Verizon [https://www.verizon.com/support/devices/], since there’s some complications with Fairphone being based in the Netherlands, but I believe generally supported across Europe since so much of their website is in English. Just about anything I find over on Reddit [https://www.reddit.com/r/fairphone/comments/11nx0vn/fairphone_5_release_date_29_september_2023/] seems to be outdated, speculating and guessing, or otherwise unreliable. Anybody know many details about when it might come out, and whether it’ll be supported here in the US??

Show threadPlantPowerPhysicistAug 16, 2023
I hope it comes out soon - I’m still using my Fairphone 2 but it’s really time for it to retire
Show threadPolymath

So how many years of service is that, that it has been going alright and not giving you issues??
And are you US-based, and with which provider?

It looks like it was released it like 2015… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairphone_2

Fairphone 2 - Wikipedia

Aug 16, 2023 at 10:17pmWeb
Show threadPlantPowerPhysicistAug 17, 2023

I’ve had it since 2016, so it’s close to 7 years now. I replaced the screen and battery on it, but it has been pretty solid. Actually, uptime is something that’s an advantage for self-repairable stuff: when the screen needed to be replaced, it still worked enough to use, which I did until the replacement arrived. Takes a minute to swap the screen and then it’s running again.

I’m based in Germany so I only used it in the US when traveling. Maybe the 5 will be the one where they decide to cover the US officially? It seems like there’s more attention to repairability than there was 7 years ago…