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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 ag
by 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 agoIf 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 agoIf you skip to about 21:00 in the presentation, the presenter says they added screws.
- Vinnl 7y agoYes, that's why I'm hopeful that the FP3 will be better.