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.
It’s perfectly usable as a feature phone with a touchscreen, basically.
The best experience i’ve had is with SXMO which embraces this, and has you navigate using the physical buttons and menus instead of the touchscreen, primarily.
It’s not a great experience, but it totally works for calls and such, and of course has the very nice upside of literally just running normal linux.
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.
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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This solves both of your problems and means you have to buy a third as many phones.
It’s perfectly usable as a feature phone with a touchscreen, basically.
The best experience i’ve had is with SXMO which embraces this, and has you navigate using the physical buttons and menus instead of the touchscreen, primarily.
It’s not a great experience, but it totally works for calls and such, and of course has the very nice upside of literally just running normal linux.
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