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* Easily damaged by moisture (even though they've claimed certain IP ratings), due to the printed conductor inside the plastic layers with pin connectors * Bat

by miduil 3y ago

* Easily damaged by moisture (even though they've claimed certain IP ratings), due to the printed conductor inside the plastic layers with pin connectors * Battery swelling after less than two years of operation (no way to source this battery locally since they've built a custom connector / redesigned an standard OEM battery) * Overheating * Touch screen glitches (they've resolved that after a year via software, support was super unhelpful with that problem) * Wi-Fi 5 GHz broken/unreliable for many people * Camera focus (not sure if FP3+ improved on that front) * Broken fingerprint sensor (from the beginning, most common issue) and by broken I mean not functional at all * self-disintegrating plastic parts (back and side covers), likely due to the fact they are using recycled plastic - they've changed the plastic chemistry with FP3+, for me the plastic became more and more brittle - In addition for me with software: * charging LED can't be disabled, which is extremely bright when you're sleeping - community members shrugging this off with "you shouldn't use your phone in your bedroom anyway" * screen brightness too bright / unreliable brightness sensor readings (they had several updates because it was so hard to tweak for them) On the positive end: Phone is quite durable, fell down on many occasions and because of it's plastic/design openness the battery falls out but screen never broke in bunch of occasions. Edit: Formatting

justtocomment 3y ago
I see a lot of people mentioning Fairphones not being on par with phones by multi billion dollar companies. This citicism is valid. But I think it leaves out a lot of the overall picture. I have a Fairphone 3, and so far it survived being dropped into the bathtub (being submerged for a sec), being dropped on hard floors several times and being stepped on (screen got cracked, but it still works). Like with the Fairphone 2 I had before that, I'm able to do repairs (part replacements) on my own with minimal effort. It gets support for years. I have it running /e/ OS (terrible name) without Google Services and while that's not Graphene OS, I vastly prefer it to Google Android. For me having minor frustrations with Wi-Fi is well worth having a less-unfree and more-ethical phone.
progval 3y ago
I bought a FP3+ a year ago and run it with LineageOS (with microG). I don't have any of the issues you list except for LED and brightness. However I do have random troubles with location, but that's probably due to being de-googled. Regarding WiFi, did you try disabling the "battery optimizer"?

by miduil 3y ago

justtocomment 3y ago

I see a lot of people mentioning Fairphones not being on par with phones by multi billion dollar companies. This citicism is valid. But I think it leaves out a lot of the overall picture. I have a Fairphone 3, and so far it survived being dropped into the bathtub (being submerged for a sec), being dropped on hard floors several times and being stepped on (screen got cracked, but it still works). Like with the Fairphone 2 I had before that, I'm able to do repairs (part replacements) on my own with minimal effort. It gets support for years. I have it running /e/ OS (terrible name) without Google Services and while that's not Graphene OS, I vastly prefer it to Google Android. For me having minor frustrations with Wi-Fi is well worth having a less-unfree and more-ethical phone.

progval 3y ago

I bought a FP3+ a year ago and run it with LineageOS (with microG). I don't have any of the issues you list except for LED and brightness. However I do have random troubles with location, but that's probably due to being de-googled. Regarding WiFi, did you try disabling the "battery optimizer"?