Haven’t had an FP6 in my hands yet, but I’ve been using FP since the Fairphone 2, am currently using the FP4 and besides the ethics in sourcing their materials and manufacturing (which they genuinely attempt to provide, and while there is no ethical consumption in capitalism, there are still degrees of fucked-upness.), I do enjoy the repairability, longevity and long-term support. They are also decently supported by de-googled-android and even pure Linux phone operating systems, if you want to experiment there, and come without a lot of bloat that nowadays is ubiquitous with most smartphones.
Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Can anyone recommend this? Is the camera any good?
AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space 9 months ago
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
Basically nobody has this in hand yet.
newram@feddit.org 9 months ago
I was thinking: Online-people have been asking for thicker iPhones and MacBooks in favour of battery for a while now. So I suppose this is that + repairability. I think we as a community could highlight that a bit tbh
crank0271@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Good question. I was just reading the article about it on The Verge, which mentions:
On the back, you’ll find a 50MP main camera and a 13MP ultrawide camera, while the front has a 32MP hole-punch camera for selfies and video calls. That’s a significant step down from the Fairphone 5, which used 50MP sensors on all three of its cameras.
No mention of camera quality, though, as it’s basically a press release post and not a hands-on or review. I wish this would be available in the US for a fair price.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
4000x3000 (12MP) is completely fine for secondary cameras imo. The denoising and optics are much more important to the final result.
Eheran@lemmy.world 9 months ago
32 MP is absurdly much, resized down to 10 MP you are not going to see a difference.
JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 9 months ago
You can also look at the MKBHD 2024 smartphone camera comparison test with the FP5. I would suggest taking the test yourself if that is still possible.
I would guess that the camera will be comparable.
For me, daylight pics were after all of the pixels but before anything else. I like the more neutral not supremely over-saturated over-sharpened/smoothed pictures that many phones take nowadays.
For me, it was middle of the pack for dimly lit photos.
For the overall ELO with everyone, FP5 was on the mid-lower end (of a comparison of all flagships + pixel A series), but perfectly usable for people who aren’t doing social media as a job.