With five major OS ugrades and eight years of patches.

Fairphone’s latest repairable device is for people who hate saying goodbye to an old smartphone more than they like buying a new one.

  • TonyOstrich@lemmy.worldEnglish
    342·
    9 months ago

    I’m writing this comment on a Fairphone 5 right now and it doesn’t feel sluggish at all.

    It doesn’t seem to me like the increased performance of phones has had much effect on the actual experience for a while if gaming or content creation is not done on the phone. As a daily driver I think this phone will last me a while.

    • Chriswild@lemmy.worldEnglish
      179·
      9 months ago

      I mostly can’t get over paying more for worse specs. It doesn’t have to feel bad now but with 8 years of support it could very easily not feel good in the future. It’s a $760 phone that benchmarks close to the Samsung A54 a $400 phone.

      The selling point is the ethical value of the phone but it’ll never top how much waste buying a used phone saves.

      • Vrtrx@lemmy.worldEnglish
        171·
        9 months ago

        Other phones can be much cheaper because they don’t care about slavery or child labor in their production line and don’t support their phones that long

        • Chriswild@lemmy.worldEnglish
          34·
          9 months ago

          But iPhones get long support, pixels now get 7, and S24 get 7.

          Fairphone themselves even admits they can’t fix everything in production so a phone that was about to be waste is more fair.

          If they built their phones in Germany or something I could accept the price but they’re made in China where labor standards aren’t exactly great.

          • Vrtrx@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            9 months ago

            Yes they are obviously not perfect but they are at least trying to change something, while the massive cooperations just dont acknowledge that problem at all.

            And the updates thing: Apple controls the ecosystem and are a huge company. They dont have to worry about manufactures for a processor or other parts not supporting it longer and stop giving it driver updates. Same with Samsung and especially Google. They are huge companies that can basically do what they want. They will be able to get a hold of drivers and firmware because they are a huge customer to the manufactures. And they only just started promising those long updates. Meanwhile Fairphone has been trying for years to support their devices that long and had to struggle because they are not a massive cooperation that can influence manufactures like that to the point they now dont use normal consumer grade chips but ones with extended support.

                • Chriswild@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  11·
                  9 months ago

                  I’ve listed facts here. But every time you come up with an excuse to consume more product.

                  It’s not like I’m recommending a specific brand and they’re actually some of the most common but you will always justify buying shit you don’t need.

                  You are simping for a private company that exploits labor just so you can feel better about buying another new phone instead of used.

                  • Vrtrx@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    1·
                    9 months ago

                    No you didn’t list any facts that justifies your point. I already told you why what you said isn’t what you think it is. “Every time”. Dude I’ve just told you ONCE after you came back at me that you can’t compare massive cooperations against a small company. I don’t even own a Fairphone and have never owned one. I keep my phone as long as possible. I’m literally not the type of consumer you think I am. But sure just because I listed literal facts you can’t seem to accept, I’m a fanboy of a brand I’ve never bought from and just pointed out some facts. Whatever makes you feel better I guess