Weekly poll: will you use the Fairphone 5 for the next 8 years?
- YUKI93
- K1F
- 10 Sep 2023
MRSTEK, 10 Sep 2023Just think about using a SD808 or Exynos 5430 in 2023, and ... moreThere are people who still do it though. A friend of mine still keep his Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and now use it for mainly for social media and teleprompter for his YouTube videos.
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- Anonymous
- XUv
- 10 Sep 2023
YUKI93, 10 Sep 2023I still see people using 2016 and 2017 phones to this day, ... moreIf you live in Southeast asia.
Phone repair is piece of cake.
There's a lot of small repair shop can repair old phone with cheap part.
Not a problem for any phone brand.
(Meaning... Fairphone don't have any benefits)
- notafanboy
- nLm
- 10 Sep 2023
I don't even use flagships for more than two years, so using a crap fairphone for 8 years?! Lol no.
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- Anonymous
- XUv
- 10 Sep 2023
Certainly *NOT* !!!
I buy new phone every 2-3 years
While I still use my old phone as secondary phone
I don't want to use until 8 or 10 years
It's way too long.
- YUKI93
- K1F
- 10 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 10 Sep 2023It's almost what I want out of a phone. I support the... moreThe SoC Fairphone used in 5 is a mix of 778G/778G+/780G/782G CPU and 865/865+/870 GPU, and they all are still more than plenty powerful for today's apps.
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- Reckt
- XVA
- 10 Sep 2023
If they used sd 7gen 2 or sd 8+gen 1 then yes i will use this phone for 6-7 years
- YUKI93
- K1F
- 10 Sep 2023
I still see people using 2016 and 2017 phones to this day, so I don't see any problem with this Fairphone as well. Also, you can easily get the spare parts from Fairphone's official website and repair it by yourself. I don't see anyone doing the same thing as it.
Just about the only thing that stops me from getting this phone is the shipping. Fairphone aren't selling their product outside EU since they want to maintain their low carbon footprint.
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- Anonymous
- T1w
- 10 Sep 2023
It's almost what I want out of a phone. I support the concept of an easily repairable phone with a long warranty and updates.
However, it's just slightly below what I want out of a phone in terms of performance. I want a good camera, its camera is only average. I want long battery life. I need better water and dust resistance. I don't need a flagship SoC, but its soc is a bit slow and inefficient.
Basically, my current 4-year-old phone matches its specs. I'm looking to upgrade, not sidegrade.
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- Enyo
- raM
- 10 Sep 2023
Promises like this does not count for anything unless they’ve got a track record.. And given the relatively weak chipset they’re using, one can only imagine how sluggish the phone might feel only 3-4 years from now. Apple can give six years of updates partly because their iPhones being quite overpowered. And given Apples track record and more than stable economic conditions, it’s not very likely that they are bankrupt six years from today. If the Fairphone doesn’t sell well, they might very well be outcompeted, and bankrupt sooner than later. A promise like this isn’t worth much…
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- San07
- Kxj
- 10 Sep 2023
10 years is too long, maybe 5 years is enough, and I also think people will get bored if they use the same cellphone for a long time.
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- Anonymous
- iI6
- 10 Sep 2023
It's missing a Headphone Jack.
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- Alando
- CGH
- 10 Sep 2023
If I should buy this device I will be pleased very much but not for years of support but for the fact that when I wanna switch and use another device- the person who I may sell to may also use it for long .
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- dbjungle
- nid
- 10 Sep 2023
No as is for me, BUT... Assuming it was a smaller phone, an upper midrange SoC, a good camera, a stock Android experience for a good price; then YES! Why not? The idea is good, but the product doesn't appeal to me.
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- MRSTEK
- UNg
- 10 Sep 2023
Just think about using a SD808 or Exynos 5430 in 2023, and you'll get the answer.
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- Anonymous
- g0x
- 10 Sep 2023
if the software performance is Smooth. atleast in par with samsung a Series. i would definitely love to try this phone.
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- AnonD-785631
- bI}
- 10 Sep 2023
too big
no audio jack
too expensive
don't give a crap about being green and environment friendly, just want phone can be repaired cheaply.
- GAMIR3DH
- LEU
- 10 Sep 2023
Im not interested in a mid-range phone with pretty bad camera, screen, sound, specs... Only good thing going for it is how modular it is.
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- Anonymous
- xjH
- 10 Sep 2023
Those 6gb/128gb wont last 5 years