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Ifixit gives fairphone 5 a 10/10 on repairability and maintanence (www.ifixit.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 82 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (17 children)

they're selling the 4 with degoogled OS in the US, so perhaps they'll do the same with the 5 at some point.

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago (15 children)

    Amazing.

    I'm sick of buying a new phone every three years because the battery is dead or the processor is slow, nothing can be replaced without it being wildly expensive and now it's a paperweight.

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  • [–] 69 points 2 years ago (14 children)

    To be fair, I don't think the Fairphone will help much with outdated processors. You can't upgrade the processor inside, and it comes with a relatively slow processor from day one.

    This phone is not for people that need performance; it's a very basic phone for people that value an ethical supply chain and repairability.

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 2 years ago* (13 children)

    Relative slow my arse imo.Its all about use cases and the (potential shitty) apps you run. Been using the fp4 just perfectly fine for months, and before that the one plus x on android 11 just fine.

    I would like to know what apps you use that would need the speed of anything besides the "best"?

    ( and for anyone wondering, one of the reasons you cant switch processor is because of the imei thats burned in. Changing that basically means that the whole id of the phone changes, including links to your mobile provider. It isnt allowed in some places )

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    Games

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Like...?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Lately I've been playing Need For Speed Underground 2 on the AetherSX2 emulator. A Fairphone absolutely cannot do that.

    Look bud, I'm not trying to attack Fairphone, you don't need to be defensive. I'm just setting expectations that this is not a phone for people that need a high performance processor. The chipset is low-end, objectively. I'm sure it's fine for people who don't care about that stuff.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Seriously. What mobile games are worth time or money? Aren't they all just pay to win now?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I can emulate PS2 and GameCube games on my S23. It's pretty great. My S21 struggled with that, so any Fairphone would definitely not be able to do that, as it has significantly less processing power.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    If that's the sum total of your reasons for needing a more expensive, less free, less repairable phone, then I have nothing left except to laugh at you.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    No, I just don't have the time to explain the hundred obvious ways that a fast processor might benefit somebody, so I chose a single, INCREDIBLY obvious item near the top of the list for most people, and was hoping that I wouldn't get follow-up idiotic responses like this. But alas!

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I used an 11 year old phone for about 6 months while I waited to get a new phone. I never had any problems with processor speeds despite having about 60% the processing power of a then-current phone.

    I think people vastly overestimate the need for a bigger better processor.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    I never said that everybody needed a fast phone, or even that MOST people need a fast phone. I would agree that most people don't. I was replying to somebody that said their old phone was slow, and informing them that the Fairphone is probably not a solution to that specific issue because of its budget processor. It's not a performance phone; it's an ethical phone that does basic things perfectly fine.

    I don't know who you're arguing with, and I don't think you do either.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I'm arguing with you, genius, because I think you're wrong.

    There are not a "hundred obvious ways that a fast processor might benefit somebody", as you stated. There aren't really any good reasons. Games are a stupid reason. Everything necessary works fine with an older processor. It's not the 2000s anymore where software bogs down any computer older than three years.

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