Fairphone 5: Keeping it 10/10? | iFixit News
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Is the Fairphone 5 just a repeat of a proven formula or a real improvement compared to its predecessors?

While they were happy with what the fairphone 4 brought to the table, they seem to like what was changed for the fairphone 5.
What are you guys’ opinions on this? A welcome change? would you get one if your phone died within the next year?

  • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Amazing.

    I’m sick of buying a new phone every three years because the battery is dead or the processor is slow, nothing can be replaced without it being wildly expensive and now it’s a paperweight.

    • PeachMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      To be fair, I don’t think the Fairphone will help much with outdated processors. You can’t upgrade the processor inside, and it comes with a relatively slow processor from day one.

      This phone is not for people that need performance; it’s a very basic phone for people that value an ethical supply chain and repairability.

      • DacoTaco@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Relative slow my arse imo.Its all about use cases and the (potential shitty) apps you run. Been using the fp4 just perfectly fine for months, and before that the one plus x on android 11 just fine.

        I would like to know what apps you use that would need the speed of anything besides the “best”?

        ( and for anyone wondering, one of the reasons you cant switch processor is because of the imei thats burned in. Changing that basically means that the whole id of the phone changes, including links to your mobile provider. It isnt allowed in some places )

          • Rodeo@lemmy.caEnglish
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            1 year ago

            If that’s the sum total of your reasons for needing a more expensive, less free, less repairable phone, then I have nothing left except to laugh at you.

            • PeachMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              1 year ago

              No, I just don’t have the time to explain the hundred obvious ways that a fast processor might benefit somebody, so I chose a single, INCREDIBLY obvious item near the top of the list for most people, and was hoping that I wouldn’t get follow-up idiotic responses like this. But alas!

              • Rodeo@lemmy.caEnglish
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                1 year ago

                I used an 11 year old phone for about 6 months while I waited to get a new phone. I never had any problems with processor speeds despite having about 60% the processing power of a then-current phone.

                I think people vastly overestimate the need for a bigger better processor.