In addition, in my view:
Guys, NFC is not a cool nice-to-have toy, it is state of the art and it is missing in FP2!
Lot of people don’t agree with this. Most manufacturers integrated this very fast in their devices because it was a cool toy; now a fair part of models come out without it, because applications are just not widely used and not breaking through. I believe quite few people pay with it (despite the hard-to-believe security issues, but that’s another topic), and just using it to avoid typing a 4 digits number or getting a key out of your pocket is mostly gadget for a lot of people… At least does not justify the waste resulting in including it.
On my part I am really happy this is not included in the phone, as I don’t have the impression to pay for a nice-to-have toy…
boots much slower than S5
impossible to remove the SDcard without breaking a fingernail
How many times do you boot your phone a day and how often do you remove your sd card ? Most people I know put their card in their phone when they buy it, then transfer files by USB and remove the card only when they change phone…
Don’t want to sound annoying, but I think sustainability is also about thinking Minimum Features and leave out some of the nice-to-have unused stuff… Trying to create a “reasonable high-tech” based on most important needs and real innovation gaps.
I agree with the need of a root guide though, as the “open” part of the fairphone is important. However I don’t see why it should be delivered rooted: 99% of phone users don’t care about root and will never use it (even worse, they might grant root access to malicious apps by ignorance), and power-users wanting root are advanced enough to root it themselves with a basic guide. As it’s usually entering 2 commands in a prompt…
Real question is related to the warranty, let’s see what this guide states about that!