Seven years later Fairphone 2 receives its last software update
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- Sin
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- 28 Jul 2023
safin asa, 18 Mar 2023Your phone lasted more than the yota brand itself. Yes it really has its truely sad the yotaphone brand want bankrupt I have only had good experience with them and good customer service
Although the same thing can't be said about unnamed postman that yotaphone 2 broke the screen protector from as they just throw the phone though the window just for being Russian but the phone it's self survived
The smartphone still works too this day if I had of wanted too I could easily still be using the phone my only problems with it is limited storage overheating and e-ink screens being in black and white
It's most upsetting they over ordered too many e-ink screens then got sued for it supply and demand mistake In general Russian brands are the black sheep of the tech industry or missfit it's like no matter what they do people just dislike them even after
They sold too a Chinese company that also also was unable keep the brand alive as the yotaphone brand had so much potential
I honestly thought they go mainstream and be a huge success the yotaphone brand had so much potential it's one of the best brands of phone I used
There.is yandex brand that Russia has now although the being a Russian brands kinda like a curse in the tech industry too be honest or kick me sign or 5 star wanted level
I heard a friend brought a Russian phone the story goes the post man delivery purposely broke the phone
It's a common thing for example of what happens too anyone who has any kinda Russian association in the UK
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- X$7
- 18 Mar 2023
Sin, 11 Mar 2023Still using my yotaphone 2 from this time period On androi... moreYour phone lasted more than the yota brand itself.
- safin asa
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- 18 Mar 2023
Fairphone 1 (2013) ended in 2017, nearly 4 year
Fairphone 2 (2015) ended in 2023, nearly 7 year
That's mean:
Fairphone 3 (2019) ended in 2029, nearly 10 year
Fairphone 4 (2021) ended in 2035, nearly 13 year
That's very long.
It's not always right though, let's see in 2030.
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- Samath N8 808 owner
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- 15 Mar 2023
Anonymous, 14 Mar 2023I think you are missing the point here. The idea of maintai... moreAgreed totally, but performance is also a consideration.
I guess I'm a totally different user but my approach is, do minimum work on phone, keep maximum things offline, or on memory cards. Use apps that don't depend on internet.
So, even with an older, faster software, I'm more likely to remain safe, while still maintaining close to original performance.
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- 14 Mar 2023
Samath N8 808 owner, 13 Mar 2023But its an old flagship, it has sufficient power to run thi... moreI think you are missing the point here. The idea of maintaining a device with constant updates keeps those that still operate without them ending up in the landfill. I feel that updates like these help extend the lifespan of devices despite being old, even if its still the companies' responsibility of managing updates that wont hurt the operation of the device.
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- Samath N8 808 owner
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- 13 Mar 2023
0odle-noodle, 10 Mar 2023the phone is using an over 9 year old chipset. even modern ... moreBut its an old flagship, it has sufficient power to run this, remember?
My Redmi 2 Prime lasted 8 years without even latest software, and reliably so, because the software update was known to cause lags and performance issues.
Can you believe I once played PUBG Lite on it, in 2017? Yes, Snapdragon 410 is what it had with 2GB RAM.
Kudos to Fairphone, wish they would launch in India with an audio oriented phone.
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- 11 Mar 2023
Still using my yotaphone 2 from this time period
On android 6 os still going ok
That's sure a lot of updates I can see of effect fairphone did here
but is it even be usable on snapdragon 800
Android 10 be insufferable unbearable & frustrating on such old hardware
As I know I only have too look at budget Nokia phones know what a bad user experience it is
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- 11 Mar 2023
YUKI93, 10 Mar 2023More like both Android 10 and Snapdragon 801 is no longer o... moreBut my main device is still using lollipop which is much better than software available on my other devices like an 13 on my samsung which in some circumstances it extremely lags it goes even slower than my first android Samsung gts7262 and talking abour xiaomi it gets slower as you get updates. So iam even happy if i get a 4-5 year old OS but it should be stable and secure.
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- 10 Mar 2023
Anonymous, 08 Mar 2023its ridiculus that they forcing people buy new phone becaus... morethe phone is using an over 9 year old chipset. even modern budget devices can run better than a device using an 801 processor. let the poor thing die, its torturous for the device.
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- 10 Mar 2023
Anonymous, 08 Mar 2023Big LOL Somehow, Snapdragon 800 devices get Android 13 p... moreIs it an official release though? No? 🙄🙄
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- 10 Mar 2023
Anonymous, 08 Mar 2023That's pretty good. Not that I would use any Fairphone... moreMore like both Android 10 and Snapdragon 801 is no longer officially supported.
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- 10 Mar 2023
Anonymous, 09 Mar 20233.5mm audio jack never breaksMore than that, it gives way better audio quality than any wireless earbuds/headphones you can throw at it, even on the budget level.
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- 10 Mar 2023
thewold8u, 09 Mar 2023Looking at those dates that 6.3 years not 7 years!!! Typica... moreYeah, Android 10 is now officially EOL. More than that, Qualcomm has long dropped the support for Snapdragon 801 all the way back in 2016.
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- 09 Mar 2023
Anonymous, 09 Mar 2023Exactly. They removed it to sell their own TWS buds, a big ... moreSadly, you are correct. That is why I always despise Android OEMs for keep on following Apple's footstep. Not everything they do is great or beneficial. Just look at Sony - they removed the headphone jack from their 2018 and 2019 flagship phones because they claimed for the trend of wireless audio, and yet no one ever expected to see Sony put it back and keeping it since the 2020 Xperia 1 ii. Someone at Sony must realized that following Apple's footstep to remove the headphone jack is a fatal mistake. Of course you can say that Sony also don't include charger in the box, but Fairphone has been doing thr exact same thing since their inception in 2013 and no one totally cares about until Apple started doing it. 🤦
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- 09 Mar 2023
I still adore this concept. If the screen would have been better, i'd have considered it seriously. I hope it matures further on and will definitely recheck it.
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- thewold8u
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- 09 Mar 2023
Looking at those dates that 6.3 years not 7 years!!! Typical marketing twisting things. I hate that these phones will be binned because of software updates.
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- 09 Mar 2023
If only the F4 specs were on par with the pricing of the phone...
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- 09 Mar 2023
Anonymous, 09 Mar 20233.5mm audio jack never breaksYep, unlike the USB port, especially if you're using it for headphones. So by their logic, they should ditch the charging port too.
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- 09 Mar 2023
Anonymous, 09 Mar 20233.5mm audio jack never breaksExactly. They removed it to sell their own TWS buds, a big no-go for a company claiming to focus on being eco-friendly and sustainable.
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- 09 Mar 2023
Anonymous, 08 Mar 2023Snapdragon 750G is far from mediocre. It's still plent... moreIt's fine but when the Fairphone 4 released it was already a year old. But that wasn't my main complaint, there were better chips out there already but it's serviceable. The issue is with the terrible design, software aswell as the mediocre cameras. On release there were plenty of options half the price that end up being a better choice, at that point reparability becomes an afterthought when you could just replace it and still be off cheaper in the end. It's just a very meh phone, which holds it back a lot. You want a phone you can repair yourself? You can have it, at a way higher starting cost and with specs that won't blow you away in any regard.