In a bid to reduce global electronic waste, Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves. What makes its technology so sustainable?
Having had a Fairphone for years, yes, the concept is good, but where the company really fails is quality control. Every other software update they pushed majorly broke something.
They brand themselves as “something different.” So, while the hardware and quality of their physical phones are amazing, the software updates are straight trash.
Overly issues where tapping one thing triggers the the icon behind it. Spelling errors. Same options repeated in different menus. Removing several options from the vanilla android for no reason. Notification bugs. Android auto bugs. And so many other tiny things that really get on your nerves.
My 8 pro was amazing when I bought it. Then Android 13 update came and it ruined this phone for me. It’s still blazing fast and has a really solid hardware, but the software side is amateur hour.
Side note: why did Google keyboard suggest “blonde” and “girl” after I typed amateur? I’ve never searched for those words for porn in my life. Wtf google?
What broke me ultimately was when they pushed an update that broke bluetooth.
Kept using the phone (FP3) til the USB-C port died (again…) and then got a different one.
Having had a Fairphone for years, yes, the concept is good, but where the company really fails is quality control. Every other software update they pushed majorly broke something.
Sounds just like OnePlus.
They brand themselves as “something different.” So, while the hardware and quality of their physical phones are amazing, the software updates are straight trash.
Overly issues where tapping one thing triggers the the icon behind it. Spelling errors. Same options repeated in different menus. Removing several options from the vanilla android for no reason. Notification bugs. Android auto bugs. And so many other tiny things that really get on your nerves.
My 8 pro was amazing when I bought it. Then Android 13 update came and it ruined this phone for me. It’s still blazing fast and has a really solid hardware, but the software side is amateur hour.
Side note: why did Google keyboard suggest “blonde” and “girl” after I typed amateur? I’ve never searched for those words for porn in my life. Wtf google?
That’s my fear. I got burned enough by good hardware with trash software. Nothing more frustrating.
What broke me ultimately was when they pushed an update that broke bluetooth. Kept using the phone (FP3) til the USB-C port died (again…) and then got a different one.