Interesting, my girlfriend’s friend bought a FP4 because she wanted an eco-friendlyish phone that would last a long time and she says it has been the worst phone of her life with tons of bugs, super slow specifically over 4G, mediocre camera, android auto works badly, etc…
(She uses android, not /e/ or calyx)
I want so hard to believe, but there are just as many reports of it being very bug ridden as positive reviews, so it is difficult, since the negative ones always seem to be detailed and specific.
I would also consider a pixel for graphene, but no SD card and 128GB or 256GB internal memory only is a deal breaker. My SD card + flash in my current phone is already at 245GB
I’m obviously one person, so not a good sample, but I’ve had F4 with stock android for about 3 uears and haven’t seen any bugs yet, even with android auto.
As to the camera, I’d agree it’s “fine” but if you ignore the repairability and ethical supply chain angle, you can definitely get a much better camera for the same price range.
I replaced the stock apps with better ones from fdroid and a friend’s car just doesn’t seem to like Android Auto from any phone, so maybe the bugs aren’t with the phone?
I don’t use Android Auto either (because it’s 99.9% Google), but I know my car (Merc A220) just sometimes won’t connect to my Fairphone over bluetooth… and it’s definitely the car. Literally pull over, get out of the car, lock it… unlock it, get back in and bluetooth connects again. Not touched the phone… ffs
Interesting, my girlfriend’s friend bought a FP4 because she wanted an eco-friendlyish phone that would last a long time and she says it has been the worst phone of her life with tons of bugs, super slow specifically over 4G, mediocre camera, android auto works badly, etc…
(She uses android, not /e/ or calyx)
I want so hard to believe, but there are just as many reports of it being very bug ridden as positive reviews, so it is difficult, since the negative ones always seem to be detailed and specific.
I would also consider a pixel for graphene, but no SD card and 128GB or 256GB internal memory only is a deal breaker. My SD card + flash in my current phone is already at 245GB
Ah that sucks! What kind of issues did she have?
I’m obviously one person, so not a good sample, but I’ve had F4 with stock android for about 3 uears and haven’t seen any bugs yet, even with android auto.
As to the camera, I’d agree it’s “fine” but if you ignore the repairability and ethical supply chain angle, you can definitely get a much better camera for the same price range.
I replaced the stock apps with better ones from fdroid and a friend’s car just doesn’t seem to like Android Auto from any phone, so maybe the bugs aren’t with the phone?
I don’t use Android Auto either (because it’s 99.9% Google), but I know my car (Merc A220) just sometimes won’t connect to my Fairphone over bluetooth… and it’s definitely the car. Literally pull over, get out of the car, lock it… unlock it, get back in and bluetooth connects again. Not touched the phone… ffs