Fairphone 5
- vodny
- SYq
- 15 Sep 2023
The main downside for this phone is definitely the price. I don't know if the price is fair, but for most people who just want a decent phone that works it's too high. Around $450 would be ok and well justified, but $800 is insane. For this money you can get flagship phones that surpass this phone in almost every aspect. Why people who care about environment are the ones who must pay the most? This logic is against those believs.
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- chuck.sneed
- xiQ
- 15 Sep 2023
Fairphone is one of the few manufacturers not selling blatant planned obsolescence. I only wish they would go in the lightweight, small screen, low power draw RISC-V chipset direction instead of the widescreen OLED brick route.
Not all of us are gamers. I would bet for most of us the most pressing worry is dropping the thing and cracking the screen rather than noticing a 5ms latency on a 5g millimeter wave streamed 4k belle delphine ice cream so good tik tok or whatever. F = ma so the more bloated the phone is with giant UHD screen and giant battery needed to power it, the more likely it is to crack. The screen reaching the edges doesn't help. That's why you have to swaddle the thing in a fat case and screen protector for it to not die instantly from the slightest impact.
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- JosipFUT
- xqE
- 15 Sep 2023
This mobile phone has better speakers than the HONOR 50 up to the HONOR 90, which is unfortunate for Honor, especially since this Fairphone has a stronger processor than the Honor 50 up to the Honor 90. This hurts Honor a lot.
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- Anonymous
- mIm
- 15 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 04 Sep 2023At this price it should have been QCS8550. Unfairphone buye... moreengineers making those security and OS updates are not cheap. I have very little interest on switching my phones every two to three years. They simply offer me to keep same phone and not spend my time on transferring my MFA apps to new phone. Both Apple and Fairphone are offering that to market and people who value their time and have no reason to buy more powerful phone are willing to pay for that privilege.
Also, you wouldn't believe how many old folks curse android manufacturers for forcing them to switch to new phone as often as they do. Im not sure how many of them are willing to spend twice as much, but my guess is that enough for them to make this profitable business.
Obviously it is not product for gamers, but for those people who use smartphones for less demanding tasks. I for one am still using oneplus 6t, and only forced to change because it has been year since it received security updates.
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- a1sports
- Iby
- 14 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 11 Sep 2023And no fm radio :-(cause they target soyboy marvel guys who dont have a radio and when internet goes down they tearfully break down sobbing calling their ISP in a storm
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- Anonymous
- L6h
- 11 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 10 Sep 2023Still no headphone jack... Dissapointing...And no fm radio :-(
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- Anonymous
- nyc
- 10 Sep 2023
Still no headphone jack... Dissapointing...
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- Anonymous
- M4S
- 10 Sep 2023
great phone thumbs up
im fed up with the usual brands of phones only fairphone is getting my money now i hope i can buy fairphone 5 soon
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- Anonymous
- 3SM
- 09 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 09 Sep 2023My experience is wi5h my FP 4 is that they really deliver s... more*with
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- Anonymous
- 3SM
- 09 Sep 2023
TTtt, 09 Sep 2023They are inconsistent with the major Android version update... moreMy experience is wi5h my FP 4 is that they really deliver so that's very good news
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- Anonymous
- 3SM
- 09 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 08 Sep 2023Not true. Before fairphone was sold in us, some would have ... moreIt's not about choice, it's about awareness. You can't compare this device with a device in the same price range and wondering why the specs are not up to par, completely forgetting the fact that labor costs and source winning costs made to produce this phone are double or triple of that of any other phone.
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- TTtt
- 0FE
- 09 Sep 2023
Supreme Unorthodox, 07 Sep 2023This is a decent phone and what is more important really, r... moreThey are inconsistent with the major Android version updates.
FP3 is on 13 currently, FP4 is on 12 at the moment.
The important thing is they are prompt with the security updates. Both are on the August 2023 security patch levels.
With how stagnant Android has become, the major versions are not that important (to me at least). On the other hand it would be nice if they had a defined update roadmap for the first 5 years at least (the warranty period). They really should be more transparent with this info, especially when one of their main selling points is long-term software support.
They say they are planning at least 5 Android versions for the FP5, but there's no confirmation.
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- jpn4
- yJt
- 09 Sep 2023
bondarel, 09 Sep 2023I agree with you. My wife and I have been using a Galaxy S1... moreSame for me, even older phones with oled from 2012 gave me no probs whatsoever
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- bondarel
- mAU
- 09 Sep 2023
Dion3285, 03 Sep 2023I have been using OLED phones since 2017, never had a singl... moreI agree with you. My wife and I have been using a Galaxy S10e for 4 years now and I can't see any signs of burn in.
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- Anonymous
- 6uI
- 08 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 06 Sep 2023Omg these comments are so laughable it shows the ignorance ... moreNot true. Before fairphone was sold in us, some would have had no other choice.
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- Anonymous
- ptT
- 08 Sep 2023
Removable battery good ol times
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- Supreme Unorthodox
- mEi
- 07 Sep 2023
This is a decent phone and what is more important really, really sustainable. I like the concept and that, every part of the phone -even the screen itself- can be user replaced only by a screw driver. But I have some consideration. First of the usage of amoled screen. Yeah it is fashionable and trendy, but amoled screens are prone to constant burn ins in a relatively short period of time (only jus a year). The other is the promised software support, which really convinceable, but as I know fairphone 4 with the same promise still stucks on android 11. In my point of view a long term software support does not mean that, the phone will receive the actual android version after 5 years of its release. It means a continous support, what samsung does with my xcover 6 pro.
My verdict is that: it is a good handy, with decent and, what is more important, user replacable hardware elements. The concept is good, and I think it should be the future. But despite of these impressive features, I do not plan to replace my xcover 6 pro, which also has a user replacable battery and good software support. I think fairphone really needs to strengthten its software department if they want to be real pioneers of a sustainable future.
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- Anonymous
- 3SM
- 06 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 04 Sep 2023Even Xperia 5v is a better buy than this, only cost €150 mo... moreOmg these comments are so laughable it shows the ignorance of people who totally don't understand the whole existence of a phone like this...... it's laughable yet pathetic to see the state of how educated people are. Sad but the vast majority of the world is like this person. It is what it is and that's why such people would never buy a Fairphone, but it's also why so many dedicated and people with awareness buy exactly a fairphone. A fairphone user would never buy a disposable cheap phone.