I had to scroll way too long (on fairphone.com’s FP5 page) to find the data sheet. It feels like they’re trying to distract from something. Maybe no easy LineageOS support - maybe shitty battery life.
My FP1 is still in perfect working order, lasting 2 weeks in standby on the original battery, but obviously doesn’t support LTE or get SW updates - but the FP2 is dead within 24-48 hours on standby :/ And battery drains within 20 minutes watching youtube
The FP2 battery dying quickly might be explained by Snapdragon’s non ideal SOCs around that time period, it was also a problem on the Galaxy S5 that I put up with firsthand.
The SOCs had the performance, but they ran hot and drank the battery as if there was an electricity drought.
I don’t think Android 9(?) is going to be particularly kind to that device either…
The SOCs had the performance, but they ran hot and drank the battery as if there was an electricity drought.
Indeed, this seems to be the issue - everytime I use the browser, I can feel the phone running hot as the battery drains. Anyways, my FP2 is beyond end of life, even the file transfer over USB stopped working recently, I can barely wiggle the charger cable to the point where it’s still charging.
I’d buy a new one, but sadly they keep getting bigger, and I hate huge phones that ruin my pant pockets, plus are uncomfortable to carry in them.
2028 Baseband support … so 5 ish years of full support. Which is pretty good, why not just say that?
I had to scroll way too long (on fairphone.com’s FP5 page) to find the data sheet. It feels like they’re trying to distract from something. Maybe no easy LineageOS support - maybe shitty battery life. My FP1 is still in perfect working order, lasting 2 weeks in standby on the original battery, but obviously doesn’t support LTE or get SW updates - but the FP2 is dead within 24-48 hours on standby :/ And battery drains within 20 minutes watching youtube
The FP2 battery dying quickly might be explained by Snapdragon’s non ideal SOCs around that time period, it was also a problem on the Galaxy S5 that I put up with firsthand.
The SOCs had the performance, but they ran hot and drank the battery as if there was an electricity drought.
I don’t think Android 9(?) is going to be particularly kind to that device either…
Indeed, this seems to be the issue - everytime I use the browser, I can feel the phone running hot as the battery drains. Anyways, my FP2 is beyond end of life, even the file transfer over USB stopped working recently, I can barely wiggle the charger cable to the point where it’s still charging.
I’d buy a new one, but sadly they keep getting bigger, and I hate huge phones that ruin my pant pockets, plus are uncomfortable to carry in them.
Because they promised and continue to deliver more on Fairphones 2&3