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Ok, so add Sony Experia to the list. You win headphone jack and sd. Cool.

But the size confirms my point. 6.1 inch is not small for people who like small phones.


No modern phone meets those requirements. Sad, but true.

Phones tend to get bigger screens every generation. 3.5mm audio and sd cards are no longer a thing.

And if security is important you want a recent model that gets updates from the vendor (unles you know what you are doing with customs roms)

Look at Samungs or Google Pixel and see what size she could like. They all have good cameras.


I wasn’t a fan on the S10, just felt wrong, and chose to hide OneUI with a customer launcher non-Samsung apps.

Now, with S22/23, OneUI feels just right. It’s still a Samsung with their own apps, but the overall experience is very pleasant.


Thanks for the background info. Still not very clear what actually the problem was, but I’d file it under volunteer drama. Working together as a group without clear leadership is hard.



We live in different universe. You are not wrong, their are mid-tier phones that match the Fairphone specs, but low-res?

1224 x 2700 pixels (~459 ppi density)

Sounds pretty high-res to me and on-par with high-end phones. Wasn’t the first Retina display 200-something ppi? And that was good.


Overall, the Fairphone 5 is a low-to-mid tier phone

Really? Is it that bad? I can see, it’s behind flagship phones, but low-to-mid, really? How do you justify this?

I can sort-of understand your point looking a the benchmarks, e.g. https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=12540&idPhone2=12083&idPhone3=12070

Not that great



The only thing I have an issue with is the jack

What issue?


What’s your take on the Fairphone 5 compared against flagship Androids?
Wanted: * large screen * good battery life * great camera * long device lifetime, i.e. repairability, software and security updates, swappable battery, ... * enough RAM (8GB) and built-in storage (256GB) * SD card slot and 3.5mm won't hurt (but we use wireless headphones all the time) The competition are (from my POV): * Samsung S23+ (or similar) * Motorola Edge 40 Pro (or similar) * Google Pixel 8 Pro I ruled out all other vendors due to disappointing update promises. Motorola with 4 years security updates promised (out of which the first year has already passed if the model is not brand new) is the minimum. All phones are stretching the budget; must be really good to justify the expense. Benchmark for "great" is better than the previous generation (S10).
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