Fairphone 5: Keeping it 10/10? | iFixit News
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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?

  • DacoTaco@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    5·
    11 months 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·
      11 months 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.