from all the discussions on fp5 here, i can definitely say that they are catering to a very tough crowd. it is a shame that they still don't seem to have found

from all the discussions on fp5 here, i can definitely say that they are catering to a very tough crowd. it is a shame that they still don't seem to have found a rythmn in long-term hardware support after all these years. given how fast the rest of industry moves between the infrequent releases, each new model ends up being so different from the previous one. so it is hard to see a future where they can reuse older parts and hence be more likely to sell them for longer. i had a laptop that was easy to repair, but i could not find its replacement battery within two years of its release, which defeated the purpose of having that ability. if existing userbase are having trust issues with fairphone's parts supply long-term, it will be a hard sell for many who can put up with the phone's tradeoffs in the name of repairability. i do hope for their success so that at least third parties can support the phone for the near future. maybe it will be there for my next-to-next upgrade.