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I own a Fairphone 2 and was very proud to buy it and support the company that is behind it. Honestly I have to say that specs are not (and were not at the time)

I own a Fairphone 2 and was very proud to buy it and support the company that is behind it. Honestly I have to say that specs are not (and were not at the time) impressive, and that the phone has had quite a few hardware issues (which I mostly attribute to the fact that the Fairphone company is still rather young, and building a high quality smartphone likely requires a lot of experience). As an object, the value/cost ratio is not stellar, but if you factor in the added value given by the work for a better and fairer world, my personal balance is strongly positive. Given that Fairphone 2 was already a great improvement over the first edition, I really hope that 3 is finally a great smartphone, with a great social value. All the best to people developing it! :-)

mkorfmann 7y ago
Buying fair products gives one POWER. RAW POWER
Vinnl 7y ago
Although I'm generally very satisfied with my FP2 (especially being able to run Fairphone Open, i.e. plain AOSP with their support, is surprisingly neat), I agree that it has some hardware issues. Those mostly seem to be the result of the "gimmicky" way modularity was implemented for it though, i.e. without screws. I'm very hopeful that FP3 will be much better in this regard. See also https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/27/can-fairphone-3-scale-ethical-consumer-electronics/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/27/can-fairphone-3-scale-ethi... Specs are not impressive indeed, but have been perfectly fine for me. Better battery life and a finger print scanner seem like marked improvements, but otherwise given that FP2 has suited my needs just fine, I figure I'd hardly even notice the other improvements with an FP3. But then, I'm not buying it - with the FP2 still working, that would pretty much be against the concept.
- Fnoord 7y ago
  If you take into account the smartphone is fairly made, and take into account that it only has single lens, the camera is quite good on the FP3. The camera got compared with the Google Pixel 3A and the Moto G7 [1]. The original camera on the FP2 was, in my opinion, not good enough. However the modular update (which was added in the then currently sold FP2 as well). [1] https://tweakers.net/reviews/7290/4/fairphone-3-de-meest-repareerbare-smartphone-hardware-en-camera.html https://tweakers.net/reviews/7290/4/fairphone-3-de-meest-rep...
- ppseafield 7y ago
  If you skip to about 21:00 in the presentation, the presenter says they added screws.
  - Vinnl 7y ago
    Yes, that's why I'm hopeful that the FP3 will be better.

mkorfmann 7y ago

Buying fair products gives one POWER. RAW POWER

Vinnl 7y ago

Although I'm generally very satisfied with my FP2 (especially being able to run Fairphone Open, i.e. plain AOSP with their support, is surprisingly neat), I agree that it has some hardware issues. Those mostly seem to be the result of the "gimmicky" way modularity was implemented for it though, i.e. without screws. I'm very hopeful that FP3 will be much better in this regard. See also https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/27/can-fairphone-3-scale-ethical-consumer-electronics/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/27/can-fairphone-3-scale-ethi... Specs are not impressive indeed, but have been perfectly fine for me. Better battery life and a finger print scanner seem like marked improvements, but otherwise given that FP2 has suited my needs just fine, I figure I'd hardly even notice the other improvements with an FP3. But then, I'm not buying it - with the FP2 still working, that would pretty much be against the concept.

Fnoord 7y ago
If you take into account the smartphone is fairly made, and take into account that it only has single lens, the camera is quite good on the FP3. The camera got compared with the Google Pixel 3A and the Moto G7 [1]. The original camera on the FP2 was, in my opinion, not good enough. However the modular update (which was added in the then currently sold FP2 as well). [1] https://tweakers.net/reviews/7290/4/fairphone-3-de-meest-repareerbare-smartphone-hardware-en-camera.html https://tweakers.net/reviews/7290/4/fairphone-3-de-meest-rep...
ppseafield 7y ago
If you skip to about 21:00 in the presentation, the presenter says they added screws.
- Vinnl 7y ago
  Yes, that's why I'm hopeful that the FP3 will be better.