I like Fairphone’s mission but kinda feel meh about their execution. Don’t get me wrong they probably do better than everyone else.
But releasing a phone per year isn’t great for the environment. Removing the headphone jack wasn’t for ecological reasons. Making tiny earbuds isn’t in hand with easy reparability. And you can’t upgrade anything !
I wish they will slow the pace for a release every 2 years with better upgradability.
I also wish they would work with GrapheneOS so the hardware and firmware are secure enough for the Graphene team to work on that device.
But nice that the brand is still alive. I hope they won’t go too much into green washing.
I like Fairphone’s mission but kinda feel meh about their execution. Don’t get me wrong they probably do better than everyone else. But releasing a phone per year isn’t great for the environment. Removing the headphone jack wasn’t for ecological reasons. Making tiny earbuds isn’t in hand with easy reparability. And you can’t upgrade anything !
I wish they will slow the pace for a release every 2 years with better upgradability. I also wish they would work with GrapheneOS so the hardware and firmware are secure enough for the Graphene team to work on that device.
But nice that the brand is still alive. I hope they won’t go too much into green washing.
from what I see, their release cycle is roughly 2 years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairphone#Products
Oh I was pretty sure the FP4 was released in 2022 as I got a 5 years warranty that will end up in 2027.