Ifixit gives fairphone 5 a 10/10 on repairability and maintanence
Ifixit gives fairphone 5 a 10/10 on repairability and maintanence
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?
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Too bad about the software security updates and lack of security features. Might be a good spare phone though
What do you mean by lack of security features? Fairphone promises 5 Android version upgrades and security updates for at least 8 years.
Iirc the chipset, QCM6490, will lose support after 2028 meaning the device will get at least 5 years of security updates and not the promised 8. Pretty sure that's why grapheneOS doesn't/won't support it since the company doesn't keep to their promises
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Which is why I don't think I'm getting the fp. I don't want to pay a premium price for a less secure phone than one with graphene
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Running android puts rather a low ceiling on security and privacy
Edit: ok look y’all, I’m stoked that there are some privacy and security-focused routes for nerds to take, but aggregate security for the average user who goes to a store and buys what the salesperson recommends is an important metric.
You don't have to use Google services on the fairphone. And if you use it without those, Android is waaaaaaaaay more private than iOS.
iPhones are barely much better than Android phones for privacy or security.
How do push notifications work on Graphene? I am currently using LineageOS with microg services but the experience has been quite rocky
I'll forever be skeptical of a degoogled OS that runs only on phones engineered by Google.
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Buying this phone as a “spare phone” you very well may never actually need seems to contradict the point of it
That is a 700+ dollar "spare phone". Must be nice. It seems like an ok phone but it's so expensive that the sustainability angle seems like pretense. My last phone (Moto G4 XT1625, Android 7) was $170 and was technologically obsolescent and physically decrepit by the time I replaced it after about 6 years. I'd like to see how many fairphones are still in use after that long.
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You're paying a premium to have a fucking dongle hanging out of your ear
Thats true but I was referring to it being useful for travelers or as a work phone. Just being useful when you don't want to expose your personal device
LineageOS, my friend.
Software updates of the old phone or the fp5?
Crap meant security updates I'll edit it in but their phones overall. The company is notorious for not providing full security updates for the promised length which can end up jeopardizing the customer. Then specifically for the fp5 there's the lack of a secure element and iirc verified boot but I could be mistaken
They provide updates for as long as Apple. More than any other android OEM.
Educate yourself before you attempt to speak with authority.
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