Why don’t people copy the relevant pieces of information in their post?
- 8 GB RAM
- Android 13
- 8-core ARMv8 CPU:
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- 1 core with 2.71 GHz
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- 3 cores with 2.40 GHz
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- 4 cores with 1.96 GHz
Rumors tell it’s a Snapdragon 782G from Qualcomm.
That’s not exactly new hardware, more like 3 years old or so. 🤔
Yeah I don’t understand why their hardware always sucks so much. I’m almost expecting it to come with a 8MP camera without image stabilisation, and a 720p screen.
They make it so hard for me to buy. I can get a better phone, for half the price, and it will still last me 4-5 years or so.
I’m honestly disappointed at the hardware:
- 8 GB RAM for a SKU is definitely fine by me
- Android 13 from the get-go is good, though I do wonder how fast 14 and up will come, and how many system upgrades it’ll get.
- The Snapdragon 782G is simply the worst of this phone. It is a decent improvement over the 4’s Snapdragon, but it’s worrying to see a Fairphone being sold at mid to early-premium pricing while budget phones got the same power for much less. I am aware of the Degoogling and Fair Trade Gold and the repairability parts of Fairphone. But I don’t see why they can not try and match some actual mid-performance phones nowadays.
- Haven’t heard anything about the display, but I would not be surprised if it will remain stuck at 60Hz - another pain point but this is arguably less of an issue and more of a wish I would had loved to see.
As long as other phones will have removeable storage (microSD slot) and are cheaper while beating FP’s performance, I’d rather stick with them. Really a shame, hoped to see a much better phone this time around. But there’ll be even more fierce competition with the EU law on replaceable batteries forcing others (including Apple even) to change to a better repairability model.
