FP1 users got a mail today, and to be honest it upset me a little, to me it read like: …we know that your phone may be nearing the end of its lifespan, so why don’t you buy the Fairphone 2? I’m not going to give up on my FP1 so quickly. Using a phone as long as you can is more sustainable than anyt…

Huh, thanks for your long and valuable reply. So for now it seems it is up to the customer to decide whether to buy a product made to care for responsibility or a product made for reliability. I would like to see both goals achieved. Maybe Fairphone can do that with their next smartphone.

[image] Gerry: So for now it seems it is up to the customer to decide whether to buy a product made to care for responsibility or a product made for reliability. Depends. Currently only FP2 is offered. So any “now” decision would be regarding FP2. Your statement implies, that FP2 is rather un…

[image] maik: Your statement implies, that FP2 is rather unreliable. But compared to what? Compared to a daily use at least until the end of the warranty period (two years). [image] maik: What does reliability mean? That there are software updates? I would say yes if we talk about sec…

@Gerry & @maik this is not the right topic to discuss whether the FP2 is reliable. Please stay on topic.

I think the worst aspect of the FP1 end of life issue is the uncertainty. I have read through this entire topic and I am still not sure if Fairphone has given up on FP1. It would be very helpful if someone from Fairphone could give a clear answer to the following question: Is there a realistic pro…

Disclaimer: I don’t work for Fairphone. Fairphone did not abandon the Kitkat porting effort, after they had passed their estimated release date of September 2016. Judging from this I’d say that they won’t abandon it altogether, but keep on working on it until a release happens. Everything else woul…

Thanks Stefan for your reply. If you are right that still leaves us with the uncertainty which as I said is the worst part. There is no point continuing with the developers effort if all the users have abandoned the FP1 in the meantime. Their time might be better spent on FP2. It would still be n…

Relax, use your phone as long as possible, and do not count on a release of “KitKat”. When Google withdraws support for security updates, whenever that may happen, and “KitKat” is still not in reach, then it is time to make a change.

I must say I felt let down by last week’s message on the FP1 . I’ve bought the FP1 to back the project showing the world that you can make a decent phone with respect for environment and work circumstances. I accepted the fact that I paid more money for lesser technology than other phones at the t…

This is a great discussion and I’m also feeling betrayed by the lack of support for my Fairphone 1 but I guess that comes with the territory of supporting a new company 'kickstarting" a new phone. I still believe in what Fairphone is doing but because of this experience I’m not going to be buying a …