https://www.fairphone.com/en/2024/09/04/how-much-ram-does-your-smartphone-need/
Couldn't find another decent link in that wasn't written in Dutch, but you'll find it at the bottom of the story.
Besides the storage and RAM, nothing else has changed.
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Fairphone is garbage.
Source: I'm typing this on one
edit: Sorry, didn't realize this was a FP community. I stand by my words though
Could you ellaborate?
I have an FP3 and I'm pretty happy with my device - previously owned a Galaxy S5 (the only lost features are the HRM and amoled display😓)
What I do find garbage though is what Google continues to do with Android...
It's a bad phone with tons of feel-good marketing. It'll end up on a landfill like any other phone.
The design and build quality of the device are bad. Sharp edges that feel so unfinished. The components, like the fingerprint sensor, are beyond unreliable. The camera is absolutely shit. Yeah, great, I can replace parts - against exactly the same garbage they put in at the factory.
Android Auto reliably is a frustrating experience in any car I tried. You have to manually adjust the USB mode, or wait minutes for the phone to connect, every single time you plug in. Sometimes I take a quick stop and the car/phone will absolutely refuse to cooperate with each other. Just connection errors. You reboot the phone, still the same shit. You stop the car, get out, lock it, unlock it, get back in, connect phone, change USB mode, connection error... You give up, the next day it just works again. I keep an old OnePlus in the car now. It has zero of these issues. You plug it in, 100% of the time AA comes up instantly. Fairphone is a waste of time in this regard.
They have no ARKit certification, which I haven't even experienced ever before. You don't need it until you need it.
I also heard the 3 was designed better, but I would never buy another Fairphone after owning the 4. It is the worst smartphone I have ever owned, and I actively hate it every single day. I bought it, because I wanted something that'll last me a long time, and break buying new devices all time. No smartphone I have ever owned created such a massive motivation to get a replacement.
These are pretty fair points I'd say
I haven't used the FP4 personally so can't really comment on that, but a lot of the community who owned the 3 weren't too keen on the 4 the last time I was on their forums. Most of that was due to the software issues you mentioned, as well as the removal of the 3.5mm jack.
The improved GM1 isocell rear camera on the 3+ is pretty good for what it is, but on the software side there's practically no optimization there at all. In full manual with OpenCamera I can take better pictures than my iPhone 13 - lack of HDR (camera hardware supports it, no software implementation) and OIS aside. Others have used the Google Camera app on auto and they're very happy with what they get, I'm personally not too keen on the overprocessed look that some environments can exhibit though.
Ever since the leadership changes and designer departure following the 3+ release, a few mistakes have been made - unrepairable fairbuds being the worst one IMO!! Plastic sustainability of those buds aside, the three tiny unreplaceable batteries will be a one way ticket to the landfill once they're worn out.
Personally I'm hoping they develop a true successor to the FP3, really like the feel of this device