• bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    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.

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      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.

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    4 months ago

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

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    4 months ago

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

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    4 months ago

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

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      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.

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        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.

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        4 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.

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    4 months ago

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

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    4 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.