Can FP3 run SailfishOS?

[Alexandru_Danisor]

Hi, guys! I’m going to buy a FP3 in the next few months (I just have to save up some more money) and i was wandering if you can run the SailfishOS on it or if it will be possible in the future.

Thank you,

Alex

[BertG]

Have you seen this thread?

Operating Systems for Fairphones

This is a wiki post and a list of all dic:operatingsystem that can be installed on the following Fairphone models (wikipedia OS list can be found here however this is not Fairphone specific): Fairphone 1(U)    Fairphone OS Fairphone 2    Fairphone OS    Fairphone Open OS    divestOS    /e/OS    Lineage OS    Sailfish OS    Ubuntu Touch Fairphone 3(+)    Fairphone OS    divestOS    /e/OS    Lineage OS    Lineage OS for MicroG    Ubuntu Touch    iodéOS    GSI Image  …

Up to now, there is no sailfish. But you can get the FP3 with /e/ preinstalled.
Sailfish will depend on community-efforts and from what I found on the sailfish homepage, there is nothing underway so far.

It was already requested but did not make it to the list of nominated target devices

And it is - of course - not on the list of adaptions:

Edit: Update [2021-01-27]:
No new developments to be found. This posting on the new sailfish forum even makes it look less likely, that official Sailfish OS will come to the Fairphone 3. (Though I have no idea regarding the credibility of that user; sine I am not active on that forum.)

[Alexandru_Danisor]

Oh, i didn’t see that. Thank you so much!
Do you think /e/ is better than the Android in terms of speed and update frequency?
I’m very new to tech so sorry if i ask a stupid question thank you again

[BertG]

Hopefully some technically able person is joining in, as I am not exactly a tech guy.
/e/ is an Android version without the Google stuff.
You can find more information in the following thread. There are also experiences published regarding battery life etc.
As to updates, /e/ seems not to be lagging in this regard.

/e/ for FP3 (Google free OS)

Edit: Install it: Install /e/ on a Fairphone FP3/3+ - “FP3” Buy a pre installed FP3: /e/OS Fairphone 3 – eSolutions – deGoogled phones and services As I read here (see i) the FP3 is now a target for /e/. /e/ (see ii) is a customized Android with focus on privacy, much more than LineageOS. /e/ is still in beta status, but already usable. Also /e/ follows the OpenSource philosophy much more than Fairphone. Anyway, the developers of /e/ need information about already working roms on FP3 (see i…

and on the official homepage of course:

/e/OS Fairphone 3 - Murena - deGoogled phones and services

[BertG]

Just as an added information:
Buying the FP3 now will come with a discount, if you have an old phone to recycle (75 € if it’s an old Fairphone; 20 € for any other phone).
Furthermore they now add a pair of their modular headphones for free and the phone is in general approx. 30 € cheaper than the /e/-version.
So, if you dare installing /e/ yourselves, you can save some bucks.
BUT, be aware, that you might have to return the phone to the official Fairphone OS-version if you want to claim a warranty case. If you buy an /e/-Fairphone 3, you get the warranty for that OS-version.

[Alexandru_Danisor]

Ooh, I see. So I think i will stick to the original Android version I also have a discount code, so I can also buy a second battery for more…

POWER xD
Thank you for your time man, you really helped me. Have a nice day!