Weekly poll: will you use the Fairphone 5 for the next 8 years?

10 September 2023
The phone will get software support for at least that long, possibly up to 10 years. And it comes with 5 years warranty and the best repairability of any current phone.

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  • Anonymous
  • thg
  • 11 Sep 2023

Remember when people used to say “no removable battery, no buy”…

    I used my Pocophone F1 until this day. Changed to a Custom ROM after Xiaomi fnished their support for it and it still works flawlessly as my secondary phone.

    If the spec is right (definitely not a midrange one), as long as it's still working perfectly, I'll use it.

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      • Anonymous
      • vIb
      • 11 Sep 2023

      Anders, 10 Sep 2023Sony's phones have terrible throttling problems and lo... moreYou just complain about every phone. No phone can be perfect if you keep nitpicking over some or other thing. I suggest stop using phones altogether. Carve a headphone jack into a stone tablet and go back to the cave

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        • coyz
        • sxr
        • 11 Sep 2023

        Even 5 yrs would be far beyond all other competitors. I just hope this will not copy what Apple has been doing (removing all possible ports and charging bricks) only the sell them separately for added profit.

          I can buy a Sony phone which can last for a pretty good time. But the upgradability of the Fairphone makes it much better. Though maybe if they can upgrade the mobo it would be more suitable. But that would've cost more.

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            • Jeffrey Kyle JACKSON
            • gCI
            • 11 Sep 2023

            i can use 10 years along. My current LG 2018 Model. More than 5 years old, still working cute. (Shattered screen, big black bubbles over screen-never repaired or change anything on LG). i always use 2 phones with 2 different numbers. Maybe, i can get Fairphone to switch my LG Stylo for. Other than, i will get iphone 15 Pro to switch this iphone, too... i love brand new iphone pro's. Pro max too big for me. i'm Tablet Man. Not, Phone Man.

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              • Anonymous
              • tDQ
              • 11 Sep 2023

              8 years?
              In Indonesia, where we can sell used phone easily
              This phone won't sell
              People here just use it 1-3 years then sold the phone

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                • Anonymous
                • uS%
                • 11 Sep 2023

                AnonD-785631, 11 Sep 2023the price is the biggest problem, being repairable only mat... moreSome shops do trade-in so you can save a few bucks to get a new phone so theres that.

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                  • AnonD-785631
                  • bI}
                  • 11 Sep 2023

                  YUKI93, 10 Sep 2023Fairphone do sell spare parts of the phone, so you can stil... morethe price is the biggest problem, being repairable only matter when it worth it or not
                  I can easily buy 2nd hand phone for half the price with better specs! And use each for 4 years
                  I just want both cheap and repairable, imo this phone at best worth 400$

                  and yeah, buying a used phone actually more environment friendly if you count that

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 0PJ
                    • 11 Sep 2023

                    potato4k, 11 Sep 2023Yeah, we'll see how that pans out. Regulatory mandates... morewell personally I don't see them making two almost completely different versions (different mainboard etc) just to keep using non removable batteries outside of the EU

                      Anonymous, 10 Sep 2023The fair phone is a great concept towards reducing waste an... moreSure it will. Even entry level devices can play CoD these days (not that everyone even cares about games on their phone).

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 3SI
                        • 11 Sep 2023

                        As much as I want to like this phone and as needed as the brand is, the cameras MUST at least be en par with the Google 7a to be worth the money AND to be able to use it 10 years.

                        It's sad that this is a really small company, that tries hard, give 10 years guarantee on parts and 8-10 years of software updates and people just put sh*t on them running around with Samsung and Apple phones that don't at all care about fair labor or anything good in the world. But ye. People are people....

                          8 years is a mind-blowing promise! So what happens if Fairphone goes bankrupt in 2024 or 2025? Probably it's the end to everything including spare parts?

                            Petri S, 11 Sep 2023Replace battery? No problem👍. It's soon on every smart... moreYeah, we'll see how that pans out. Regulatory mandates sometimes doesn't actually implement well in real world. At least Fairphone is doing it now, not years later waiting for regulatory enforcement.

                              potato4k, 11 Sep 2023If I can replace the battery, why not? Most people replace ... moreReplace battery? No problem👍. It's soon on every smartphone. Obviously you haven't heard EU parliament have signed a new law that demands from beginning of 2026 that "every smartphone sold in EU must have an easy to remove battery without having to buy any special tools to make it". It's a huge game changer and reports on YouTube says that Apple will have difficulties to adjust since they've never made any phone with a removable battery.

                                I like the idea of a modular and serviceable phone but Fairphone is not it. They break module compatibility on every release. There's no upgrade so it goes in the landfill.

                                The FP4 shipped with obsolete NSA 5G so it's already losing cellular stability in areas shifting LTE bandwidth to 5G. That's a seriously crappy lifespan. Even if Fairphone puts modern tech in FP5, there's no guarantee that chipset firmware will be relevant for more than 4 years.

                                  Zendroid, 10 Sep 2023With 1 update every second year, and 4 security updates a y... moreAnd what brands would that be? Only Google Pixel and Samsung flagships (and select A models) get monthly security patches. The rest of Android only do quarterly at best as well, so Fairphone is not doing any worse.

                                    planetmtdewtraveler, 10 Sep 2023sorry Fairphone, but if you want people to use your device ... moreIt's not Fairphone's fault. Blame it on Qualcomm. On their mainstream SoCs, Qualcomm won't support them longer than a few years. In fact, Fairphone had to make a deal with Qualcomm to use their specialty SoC that is on Long Term Support.

                                    The problem of Android support is not just the OEM, it's also on the component makers not supporting the drivers of their parts for long period of time

                                      If I can replace the battery, why not? Most people replace their phone because the battery has become bad or the phone broke. If the components are easily replaceable, why not? Many people are still using old iphone 6 and 6s. Majority of people are replacing their phones less and less often. Heck, almost 10% Android phones out there are Oreo or older, and that's a lot of phones

                                        Anonymous, 10 Sep 2023Oh it's you. Aren't you that person always asking... moreSony's phones have terrible throttling problems and low quality displays. Having a headphone jack and microSD doesn't make up for that. Especially when the phone costs over $1,000. This isn't a difficult concept to understand. I'd happily pay $1,000 if the phone was good

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