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[โ€“] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do you have the phone? What's your impression of it? I'm in the market for a new phone but I'm struggling to find a device that grabs my attention. They all seem to have something that puts me off them.

[โ€“] dax@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's a good mid-range phone - nice display, sturdy build - but a little bit thicker than most phones, which is probably due to repairability. Camera is ok, but not remarkable. Battery life is perfectly fine too, I'm charging it to 80% and it lasts me two days.

Overall really nothing fancy, but at the same time I don't feel like I'm making any big compromises considering the focus on sustainability. Software has improved a lot, still needs a bit more work - but the most glaring issue, which was stuttering/low framerate after unlocking for a good minute is gone.

[โ€“] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How good is the sustainability in practice over a couple of years? A midrange phone is unlikely to keep up with computing power demands of new software for long.

[โ€“] dax@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

I'm not sure, it's my first Fairphone - time will tell. It's guaranteed to get 7 years of updates if I'm not mistaken. I think for my use cases it will be sufficient, I don't play games on mobile for example.