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Ifixit gives fairphone 5 a 10/10 on repairability and maintanence (www.ifixit.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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While they were happy with what the fairphone 4 brought to the table, they seem to like what was changed for the fairphone 5.
What are you guys' opinions on this? A welcome change? would you get one if your phone died within the next year?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

I will be buying one. Sorry, the 3.5mm jack days have passed. The perceptible quality difference from current gen BT headphones is negligible for 99% of people. If you are in the 1%, listen on your dedicated hardware at home, but dont bog down item specs for the rest of people.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Has anyone had success importing one into the US to work on T-Mobile?

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[–] MartinXYZ 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm fairly(pun intended) certain my next phone will be a Fairphone. What would be the main reasons not to buy it? I don't mind the size, I don't need an amazing camera but I do wish it had a headphone jack. That said, I expect to flash Lineage on my OnePlus 6 and use it a bit longer, to avoid e-waste for a bit.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Reasons not to buy it that ive seen so far :

ok specs, not intended for heavy apps like emulators
expensive
no headphone jack
very limited usage in us ( no full us release besides the /e/os release with limited bandwidth support )

My personal opinion is that if you can flash a rom, you might as well get a fairphone if youre ok with the price. Fairphone is a bit behind on updates, but lineageos fixes most of that (specially once they release android 14 )

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

OK specs overall but too big for me and no headphone jack, I wouldn't get one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (4 children)

The FP5 still have some strange overheating issue. Some day I go from 90% et 10% in 2 hours, sometime it takes 2 day, without any changes in my usages. A reboot fixes it for a time, but I have to do it every 2-3 days...

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