I agree, to some level at least. It is not good enough in its current state as my daily driver, but i do believe the hardware is good. Not €700 good (more like 300 good, if we don’t talk about ‘fair’ products). If the software was better, i would’ve used it as my daily driver.

I don’t care about the fingerprintreader and camera for example (but i do understand that it is a dealbreaker for some). I think the camera is actually pretty good (again, not €700 good, might be somewhat software related). I think the vibrationmotor and battery are the things that are the worst on the FP5.

I just wished they focused on software and better new parts for once, instead of earsbuds, new versions of phones etc. They can improve what is already there, for the most part…

I wished i tried out the FP4 first, because for now it is 700 not very well spent. Hope that can change in the future.

Well, that might go a little far, but they need to step up their game when it comes to software: that’s where they currently lacking. Too many bugs, bad optimization and unpolished designs. That’s why mine is now my secondary device, which i probably want to use to try out custom ROMs. Hope they find a way to improve their software team (better and more developers, perhaps more colabs with Nixos, Graphene etc.)

Why is it the best? Why does it stand out? Why do you recommend it? A little more info etc would make this post seem much less like an invasive ad… Edit: this as reply to you comment: why the downvotes

Oh nice, that’s great. Thanks again!

True. Will look into it. Thanks :)

Thanks for the recommendation. I’m not sure if i want to want to continue using Google services at all, since i use my Fairphone as a secondary device. If MicroG is optional, or if i decide i do need some Google services, it might be worth it. First i’ll see how a degoogled Android suits me

I very much agree. Would call that a win-win situation for everybody: we get more privacy and better performance, they have more time and money for innovations and releasing more (different) products globally.

One of the poor UI design “issues” (the top row icons don’t seem to fit the appdrawer, gets either a little better or much worse when changing screen/letter size). I already made sure to let them know.