Comment

Comment on Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts

Occhioverde@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I really respect Fairphone and I’m a happy owner of the Fairphone 5, but I find a bit puzzling for a company that suggests its customer should keep their phone for more than the 2.5 years average to release a new model just 2 years after the previous one.

Just my two cents, but they shoul’ve focused on developing either a tablet or a smartwatch to fill a gap in other markets before announcing yet another smartphone.

source

Sort:hotnew top

willington@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
New people enter the market all the time.

That update is for those that don’t already have a Fairphone, presumably.

That said, I agree with your overall point. They should offer tablets and watches if they can.

source
nshibj@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I keep reading this complaint every time FairPhone releases a new model, and it’s nonsense. The millions of people who didn’t buy a FairPhone 5 in the last 2 years are not going to buy a 2 year old model when they need a new phone in 2 months.

You bought s FairPhone 5 or 4 in the last 4 years? Keep it and don’t buy a FairPhone 6, you don’t need it.

You didn’t buy a FairPhone and your current phone is dying? Then you have a modern FairPhone and don’t need to decide between a FairPhone with old specs or an up-to-date phone that is not repairable.

source
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
You don’t have to buy a new fair phone just because you bought the last one.

It’s doubtful that someone buying a new phone now would want to buy the fair phone from 2+ years ago.

source
wellheh@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
If they didn’t buy a previous fairphone, you’re going to miss all the people who wanted to try it but didn’t want a 5 year old phone tech. I imagine most people replace around 3-5 years due to battery degradation, people dropping their phones, or lack of updates

source
- PetteriSkaffari@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  When you drop your Fairphone, you can easily repair it. Still on my FP4, no need to change, really. Only updated the battery once.
  
  source
  - wellheh@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Again, my point is the cadence supports people looking to upgrade, not people who are already on a fairphone. You are not the market
    
    source