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Here's what's new about the Fairphone 4 (www.fairphone.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Can confirm. I used to regularly miss my shot taking pics of things that were happening briefly because of the delay starting the camera. Now it's very snappy.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Yes the improvement is legit. It used to lag a lot even with the double press shortcut on the power button it was too slow for a quick photo.

Mine only has one year and a few months, so it's still to be seen for how long I can keep using it.

I'm happy with just the security updates and bug fixes so this is a nice extra.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

It's great to see them providing software upgrades for shipped hardware. I wish more manufacturers would follow that lead.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I thought there was a typo in the title knowing the Fairphone 5 has been out for some time now.

[+] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

They’re too expensive for the processors being so old.

I think I’ll use my iPhone 15 for many more years than I would a fair phone 5, just because it won’t get too slow too quickly.

I know it’s more repairable and interpose has that, but I’ve not repaired my last 3 phones, so it’s not really something I need.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Slow speed was never an issue for any of my old android phones. I would have happily continued using my previous phone if the manufacturer bothered to provide security updates. I bought the FP4 at release and expect to use it for at least another 3 years. In my mind that justifies the initial asking price, at the time other android phones with longterm support did not exist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I have one and have never been in a situation where it's too slow. O must say though that they should have shipped with a decent camera driver to begin with. To me the story reads like this: smartphone manufacturer releases important fix x years too late.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

For a moment I thought they've released a camera module with Fairphone 5's sensor for the 4.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

No word on repairing it to add the missing 3.5 mm headphone jack

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I thought they would actually talk about real concerns. Instead it's a long PR about the camera

No audio jack no love for me. I got the last version that had that, next I'm going to look to other options.