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The Fairphone (Gen. 6)

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1. hackrmn ◴[] No.44376622[source]
To be fair (pun intended), I am still on Fairphone 4, and I've gotta say it has lasted me very well, and the battery is still in good condition so the selling point of being able to swap the battery (something I actually _have_ practically missed in the phones I have owned before the Fairphone) hasn't really even come up yet. Ironically, I have been mildly itching to replace the 4 with the 6, just because. But I am not going to -- not until current phone becomes unusable.
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2. tempfile ◴[] No.44376700[source]
Still rocking a 3 here (albeit only 5 years old). Going quite strong after a couple of replacements and upgrades.
3. verbify ◴[] No.44377030[source]
Isn't that one of the selling points of the Fairphone - the durability?
4. ntnsndr ◴[] No.44377126[source]
Same story here. 4 is running strong, with ongoing updates from e/OS.
5. lawn ◴[] No.44377359[source]
I've got a Fairphone 4 since 4 years and I've bought two replacement batteries so far (one has gone bad and I like to have an extra to swap with if needed).

It still works very well with CalyxOS so the rational thing to do is to keep using it.

6. vinc ◴[] No.44377775[source]
I got a FP3 in 2020, replaced the battery and the bottom module in 2022 because I couldn't charge it anymore, and I've been really happy with it ever since. I'm not planning on buying a new phone until this one die.

My only issue with my FP3 is that I have to tighten all the screws from time to time otherwise whenever the screen displays too many green pixels the touchscreen will start to trigger at random.