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      1. It’s 8 apparently
      2. 5 years is as long as most phones that I used last so there would be no point to buy it
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          Fair wages for the people making the phone is also a selling point of this phone. It’s not just about repairability.

          That said I’m also not writing this from a Fairphone, because the price is too high for me.

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          slower

          How fast do you need your phone to be for sending messages, streaming video, or browsing the web? Every phone made in the last decade can do these things.

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          The high price actually cancels the point of the repairability. I can get a similar phone for easily €400-500 less. If I budget that extra price for repairs, I can get the battery and screen replaced quite a few times.

          I say that as an FP4 owner, who did the same calculation mistake there.

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        According to Fairphone “We plan at least 5 Android OS version updates after Android 13”.

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      Samsung offers 4 years of os updates for many phones and watches. And news reported that pixel 8 will have better.

      If I recall correctly, Xiaomi recently declared the same for some of their phones.

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        There’s a clear trajectory where this is heading. From 2027 the EU will enforce replaceable batteries and it looks like some other markets might follow. Software support duration is increasing a lot as well.

        I wouldn’t be surprised if you’d get most of the Fairphone’s benefits on a regular Samsung in a few years.

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          Yes, very realistic scenario. TBF, I cannot remember if I ever upgraded a phone due to the battery issuses.

          So, for me personally, replaceable battery is not a significant benefit.

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          Well…aside from the fair supply chain, liveable wages, humane working conditions, environment footprint…

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        4 years including security updates though right? If that’s the flcase then fairphone’s doing 8 years.

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          No really. Samsung offers 4 years of os updates and 5 years of security updates. Samsung releases os updates really fast, so 5 years basically means 5 os versions.

          Fairhone declares 5 os versions and 8 years of software support. Fairphone users here mentioned that fairphone is very slow with updates, so it could happen that 5 os versions really will take 8 years. If Fairphone will keep same cadence as Samsung, its 5 os versions can be coverted into 5 years.

          But we have a bit of apples vs oranges here.

          I personally find samsung’s policy good enough for majority of users. I expect that I will upgrade my phone every 3 - 5 years for different unpredictable today reasons anyway.