Fairphone 3 gets 7 years of updates, besting every other Android OEM
Fairphone 3 gets 7 years of updates, besting every other Android OEM
Fairphone proves the usual excuses for ending Android support aren't valid.
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I would like to support them, but it is lacking in several features. Kinda wish they would take their modular and user-replaceable components and let us upgrade, like a better camera module for example.
that said, it's missing the most important thing... Network compatibility.
I wish they were more similar to Framework except in the smartphone space. Because when I buy a Fairphone I'm still stuck with the specs I bought and when I want to have better specs I need to buy a new phone regardless of how repairable it is. WIth a Framework laptop I can upgrade the mainboard to one with better specs and can keep the rest.
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Boy do I have a phone for you!
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The only reason I ever really need to replace a phone is because the phone isn’t getting updates or the battery is cooked.
This solves both of your problems and means you have to buy a third as many phones.
Your example with the camera module is exactly what happened to the FP3. They released the FP3+ which featured a better camera and users of the original model could upgrade by just buying this module.
However this is definetly not the focus of Fairphone as a company as too many or regular new modules would introduce new e-waste again.
the fairphone 5 is rumored to come out this year, hopefully it will address those issues