• lol3droflxp@kbin.social
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    1 year ago
    1. It’s 8 apparently
    2. 5 years is as long as most phones that I used last so there would be no point to buy it
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      8 years of security not OS support.

      I don’t want a phone like most phones for $800USD. Especially one that’s slower, has a worse camera, etc. It needs either more impressive features or to be $200 cheaper. Otherwise why bother? Ultimately this boils down to price and features if they want to actually break into the market. The repair-ability alone isn’t enough.

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        1 year ago

        Fair wages for the people making the phone is also a selling point of this phone. It’s not just about repairability.

        That said I’m also not writing this from a Fairphone, because the price is too high for me.

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        The high price actually cancels the point of the repairability. I can get a similar phone for easily €400-500 less. If I budget that extra price for repairs, I can get the battery and screen replaced quite a few times.

        I say that as an FP4 owner, who did the same calculation mistake there.

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        1 year ago

        slower

        How fast do you need your phone to be for sending messages, streaming video, or browsing the web? Every phone made in the last decade can do these things.

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      1 year ago

      According to Fairphone “We plan at least 5 Android OS version updates after Android 13”.