How’s the privacy filter screen protector? I’ve tried the one for the FP4 a few years ago and affected the sharpness and brightess of the display too much for my taste.
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Still waiting, tomorrow hopefully?!
How is the protective case? Is it very chunky?
What is this strange French translation for the privacy filter protective glass on the package ?!? 
“Verre trempe d’omitmite” doesn’t mean anything, I guess they would’ve tried to write “verre trempé avec filtre d’intimité” but they should print " verre trempé avec filtre de confidentialité" (and please don’t forget the accent on the last E of trempé)…
Fairphone’s staff really needs to be careful with its translations, otherwise they’ll look like a very clumsy startup! BTW I’ve also noticed some mistakes or weird translations previously on the French pages of the website too…
@Marta_Artigas, could you please transmit this feedback to the staff? If you need any help, don’t hesitate to check with the French community here, but I guess you must already have some French employees, don’t you?
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The consequences of grueling 32 hour days at Diemenstraat sweatshop … 
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So if it is proclamating the 12-20h day it is taking part in the Anti-Sweatshop movement? 
4h of screentime included, barely getting a sweat
I like both the protective case and the privacy filter, but then again, I’m not very picky about that. But I think the case has a good compromise between thickness and safety.
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Got my FP5 a few hours ago 
Overal I’m very impressed. This is basically Pixel 3 quality. I still have to ‘battle test’ the camera, but so far I’m happy with it.
Found some minor stuff though:
- Just like with the Fairphone 4, the FP5 is also stuck on the February Play update
- Some strange custom menus with typos (again and still the same as with the FP4)
- When the always on display is enabled, the double tap to wake screen doesn’t work
- The phone instantly unlocks, which is not the best behavior in my opinion. On the FP4 this was optional. I also now have multiple false unlock attempts when I touch the sensor by accident.
- The ‘battery protect’ option is a bit strange, machine learning would’ve been a more effective approach to make this more dynamic instead of a static switch.
- The bouncing arrows in the notification bar bug is still here
- The protective case doesn’t have a risen edge anymore, exposing the screen to more potential damage
But these issues are all relatively minor. The initial impression is much better than the first few hours with the FP4. And even today the FP4 is in a worse shape than at the initial release IMHO. I hope the FP5 will remain awesome and become even better.
To balance it a bit, here are my positive remarks:
- The screen is amazing. Touch sensitivity seems perfect now, 90Hz is nice, good colors, brightness seems good.
- The speakers seem like a good improvement
- The vibration motor seems a bit more premium
- The camera is an amazing improvement! The AI auto scene selection, the camera leveler, the auto night mode, the selfie quality, it seems FF’ing amazing.
- Very smooth usage, also no crashes so far. The initial setup was a bit bumpy though with flashing apps at the edge of crashing and such. I did a factory reset and then things seemed over.
- Android 13 is amazing. It’s exactly where I left off with my Pixel 3. Even though that was Android 12, it had already features from Android 13. I’m glad I have these features back again.
I still have to test everything out and make sure things are reproducible and such, maybe some issues are just hiccups. But all in all, this time Fairphone seems to have nailed it!
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Finally, today arrived my Fairphone 5!
It’s not heavy and fits better in my hand. I will play with it next 10 years (hopefully)!
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You folks might want to test if you also experience the strong vibration on the back cover (especially centre to top end) that I felt from playing music through the speakers. I found this particularly striking when I played Zack Hemsey’s “Mind Heist” (Inception movie trailer music) from the 0:52 mark on. Note: I did not have a Protective Case on the FP5 when I experienced this.
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Yes def when playing this and also other “less aggressive” Songs and already around 50%…Nice Massage😉
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Little, but positive observation:
When you insert a microSDXC card into the FP5 for the first time, portable storage is now the first option offered (l.). Only upon tapping at “Format another way” in the bottom left corner, the phone storage option is offered (r.).
P.S.: Here’s hoping this is an Android 13 novelty, not FP5-exclusive.
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In my view, it was a bit mysterious that long-time Fairphone dealer vireo.de (based in Germany) was not offering the Fairphone 5 from the start, see Where To Buy | Fairphone and ✏ List of Fairphone 5 Resellers . This has changed now and Vireo is now offering the FP5, too.
i think it’s worth being mentioned here because apart from offering a convenient purchasing option in Germany, Vireo has traditionally allowed aspiring Fairphoners outside of Europe to buy and receive a Fairphone device as well as spare parts and accessories where they live. NOTE: Don’t forget that this does not result in an expansion of official Fairphone company support beyond the European countries it serves and Taiwan.
ADDITION: The company impressum now states an address in Dortmund (so far Vireo resided in Merseburg in the German federal state of Sachsen-Anhalt). No idea if this is just for legal reasons or if it indicates a complete move of the company. If it’s the latter, it might provide a possible reason for Vireo’s long FP5 “abstinence”? In other places the site still mentions their Merseburg seat.
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Apparently some novelty concerning the Fairphone 5 is coming soon. From today’s newsletter email:
Text in screenshot:
The Fairphone 5 keeps getting better and better – Between the improved cameras, the updated My Fairphone app, and regular software updates, we’ve been optimizing the Fairphone 5 to stay on top of its game since day one. We’ve got big news about the Fairphone coming out very soon. Stay tuned.
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Android 14 that be my wild guess
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That would be a major improvement. It usually takes them a year to prepare a new major update.
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Interesting guess 
What I keep finding interesting in their wording is the omission of the “5” in the final line … perhaps we’ll even get some more info about the roadmap for 3 and 4 (certainly some time after the 5)? Remember all three generations are currently on 13.
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Honestly it would be nice to get a roadmap (also) for security patches, like has it been decided that both FP4 and FP3 are now on bimonthly security updates? I remember seeing some clip with FP Staff commenting on when they want to shift FP5 on bimonthly framework after some time but couldn’t find it again, sorry for being off topic here
Edit. Btw I believe myFairphone App is now available for FP4 (FP3?), so what does it say on the timeline for Android 14?
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There might be a visual Fairphone 5 refresh in the works (from Instagram):
I sent them an emphatic “Coral red!” line
P.S.: Why not have a POLL here:
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