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Happy FairPhone 4 user here. Running 3+ years, only replaced the battery once. Aim to keep it 7-10 years, barring unforeseen events like theft. Not going to rep

Happy FairPhone 4 user here. Running 3+ years, only replaced the battery once. Aim to keep it 7-10 years, barring unforeseen events like theft. Not going to replace it just because a newer model is released.

mmastrac 28d ago
I've been running mine for ~4ish I think, on my third battery and might run out my fourth because it's feeling a _little_ sluggish at times. I am waiting for the next FP model where I can use a USB-C/dp external display and then I'm all over it.
- is_true 28d ago
  That's a lot, I usually use old phones from family members, most of them have 4 years of use by the time I get them and I get a whole day of usage from the battery.
  - mmastrac 28d ago
    Honestly, not sure. I use Firefox Mobile pretty heavily during the day and I suspect it's part of the drain. I'm not too concerned by it and I just try to replace the battery every ~1-1.5 years.
    - is_true 23d ago
      Me too. But I always have the screen on the lowest brightness possible and use ublock. I mostly read text based pages.
- dmos62 28d ago
  What is happening to your batteries? I'm on something like year 6 on my Redmi and my battery is fine. Am I simply lucky?
  - ctenb 28d ago
    I also never had battery issues with my fp4, except it sometimes starts draining really fast. Fix is too charge while phone is shutdown.
Bric3d 28d ago
Someone stole my fairphone 4, then threw it on the ground. So it seems like i'll keep it a while longer
mikae1 27d ago
> Aim to keep it 7-10 years Security updates will end 01 Sep 2028. https://endoflife.date/fairphone https://endoflife.date/fairphone
- grapheneos 27d ago
  Many important security updates will end much earlier. The table is based on how long Fairphone will provide incomplete security updates, not how long the device will truly receive security support. Fairphone 5 and earlier have end-of-life Linux kernel branches without security support. Fairphone's more recent devices are headed to the same situation. In practice, the same thing happens with other components beyond the Linux kernel.
  - mikae1 27d ago
    Ouch, that sucks.
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mmastrac 28d ago

I've been running mine for ~4ish I think, on my third battery and might run out my fourth because it's feeling a _little_ sluggish at times. I am waiting for the next FP model where I can use a USB-C/dp external display and then I'm all over it.

is_true 28d ago
That's a lot, I usually use old phones from family members, most of them have 4 years of use by the time I get them and I get a whole day of usage from the battery.
- mmastrac 28d ago
  Honestly, not sure. I use Firefox Mobile pretty heavily during the day and I suspect it's part of the drain. I'm not too concerned by it and I just try to replace the battery every ~1-1.5 years.
  - is_true 23d ago
    Me too. But I always have the screen on the lowest brightness possible and use ublock. I mostly read text based pages.
dmos62 28d ago
What is happening to your batteries? I'm on something like year 6 on my Redmi and my battery is fine. Am I simply lucky?
- ctenb 28d ago
  I also never had battery issues with my fp4, except it sometimes starts draining really fast. Fix is too charge while phone is shutdown.

Bric3d 28d ago

Someone stole my fairphone 4, then threw it on the ground. So it seems like i'll keep it a while longer

mikae1 27d ago

> Aim to keep it 7-10 years Security updates will end 01 Sep 2028. https://endoflife.date/fairphone https://endoflife.date/fairphone

grapheneos 27d ago
Many important security updates will end much earlier. The table is based on how long Fairphone will provide incomplete security updates, not how long the device will truly receive security support. Fairphone 5 and earlier have end-of-life Linux kernel branches without security support. Fairphone's more recent devices are headed to the same situation. In practice, the same thing happens with other components beyond the Linux kernel.
- mikae1 27d ago
  Ouch, that sucks.
- warrantisall 27d ago
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