Was down the pub with my friends earlier, the FP3 got A LOT of attention due to the semi-clear rear plastic.
Nobody had heard of the phone at all. It’s now such a rare feature it really stands out
Was down the pub with my friends earlier, the FP3 got A LOT of attention due to the semi-clear rear plastic.
Nobody had heard of the phone at all. It’s now such a rare feature it really stands out
I have a new FP3 for 3 days now. Hardware wise so far everything is awesone, no flaws.
I do have some issues with the preinstalled Stock Android 9 apps though. Google is to blame, but I’m really looking forward to an Open OS for this one to come out.
Edit: After having FP3 for some more now, I also ran into some issues. The only noteworthy one is the microphone auto-gain, which goes crazy when there is background-noises such as music. As such audio-recordings with FP3 of music or voice with music in background are almost unusable. This also affects calls when there is background noise.
I think this is a driver issue, so probably affects all FP3s but might/should be fixable with a software upgrade. see Very low quality audio recordings for details.
If your FP3 does NOT have that issue, please post that in the linked thread.
Sorry, I was wrong. This works perfectly well with FP2 on LineageOS 16 (based on Android 9 Pi) with microG (which should not matter). It works with Trebuchet and Lawnchair, so I guess it is not launcher related as it does not work on FP3 on Android 9 Pi (official firmware) with Lawnchair (nor the default launcher, QuickStep or whatever it was called).
After almost 4 weeks with my FP3. Battery life is very decent, camera is ok, good screen, speed of the phone is just fine, call quality is good: it works too well, it’s almost boring. Nothing I have to fix, nothing I have to worry about - as a nerd I am almost disappointed.
Worst of all, I can’t take it apart like the Fairphone 2 because it’s screwed together. Fairphone, you have stolen my party gag!
P.S.: please, fix that thing with the notification LED!
I have been using the phone for 2 weeks now and I would like to share my opinion compared to previously used Blackberry KeyOne Black edition:
Now some things that I do not like (mostly software issues):
Overall I love this phone. Issues that I have can be solved by software update or can be found similar on any phone in any price range, nothing is perfect. The thing I hate most now is absolute absence of any glass protector for my display and camera module because the phone is too large for me when trying to carry it with the protector bumper.
I’ve had FP1, FP2 and now FP3. Each is much better than the previous one. FP3 is stable, good battery life, works fine. I do also have the problem that I inadvertently touch the fingerprint reader when I just want to look at it and it gets confused. Maybe I’ll learn to keep my fingers under control
Been using it for a week now, and basically everything works better than before. The issues I have are mostly stock-android-related (no quick home/away profiles, anymore, no LED notification), I will survive. The camera is a little slow when used with OpenCamera, even in good light conditions it takes half a second to shoot, but I did not explore this any further…
All in all: a big thumbs up! If only we had a LineageOS port already…
I finally made my FP3 fully working without gapps! So i’m basically using it for a day now. It’s such an improvement to my FP1 - Camera seems to be pretty dope, battery life & GPS, too. Just an open OS is missing
Works perfectly for me and has great 4g connectivity even in the US.
Also like how the stock OS is light on bloat and doesn’t put too many restrictions on removing/disabling default apps. Still I am eagerly awaiting a port to Lineage though.
That is a first, AFAIK. Congrats! Which provider(s) do you use? Would you mind sharing the region(s) you used/tested the smartphone?
I read about this “feature” in a review – and just in the last days I wonder, if my FP2 was still that bright as it is. Using it in the night or in dark settings the display is a little bit too bright. That would be an aspect for not using Recycling | Fairphone
Is it not possible to control this by software? Or ist the display modul just “as it is”?
Thanks, webaschtl
I think what Webaschtl is referring to is the manual brightness adjustment. Without root access there is no way to make the display less bright than it is at the factory set lowest setting. That being said I don’t find the lowest brightness setting any less bright than my last 2 phones, so it is not anything super bright for me.
I read this in a German computer magazin (ct)
The display shows the contents in sufficient sharpness. With a maximum of 460 cd/m2
the IPS-Panel can also be installed in the sun
with a little effort. But the
Minimum brightness of 19 cd/m2 is a
Weak point; annoying, for instance, when you
before falling asleep in the bed still on the
Smartphone reads. Last we have a
similarly high minimum brightness at the
100-euro mobile phone Nokia 3.1 measured
(14.6 cd/m2
). Even the uneven
Illumination of the panel is a weak point.
(translation via Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version))
https://epaper.heise.de/download/archiv/e1b045f1c9ed/ct.19.22.088-089.pdf
@JeroenH I use T-mobile. I live in the NYC metro area and have only really tested it there so far.
+THE IDEA
+display (colours)
+camera
+battery
+fingerprint sensor
+phone overall (looks solid and cool)
-front speaker
-microphone (microphone and front speaker might be a problem of a software, I don’t know but from time to time when I pick up the phone caller cannot hear me or I cannot hear him. In order to get rid of this problem I have to restart the phone. It’s so annoying
-headphones outlet (I couldn’t recognize when it happens yet. Instead of music, or any sound that should be in your ears, I just hear crackling sound - solution is, again, restart
I am comparing with other phones available (no experience with FP2)
I have my FP3 about 3-4 weeks
Had it for two weeks now. Everything works out of the box.
Big upgrade from my previous phone, so I am very happy
Would recommend.
How often do you get that crackling sound through the headphones? I’ve had it happen 2 times during 1.5 months.
It happened twice during mentioned period
my new FP3 either. It is a major improvement regarding the FP2 :
On the cons, I feel like the wifi is slower (but I did not measure it, feeling when seeing the downloads of my podcasts).
So I replaced the top module of my FP2 (that was broken after 4-5 years), fully reinstalled my FP2 with lineageOS and gave it to my son. He is very happy with it.
I’ve been using mine for more than a month now, no issues. Wifi works fine, sound and headphone jack as well… It’s big (but i think that makes it very convenient for reading articles, holding it in landscape mode)…
I hope an alternative OS like Lineage will be available soon…