FP6 vs FP5, thoughts?

[4ndy]

Hi guys, please help. I’m trying to consider buying a new phone to replace my FP2 and I’m very lost by considering the offer of the FP5 vs FP6. Looking at the shop pages for the FP5 and FP6 I can see several places where the FP6 is an apparent downgrade:

• Slightly lower resolution screen (although both are already absurdly high detail)
• Lower resolution cameras (or is this just a case of pixel binning not described as such?)
• A Torx screwdriver is now needed to open the case and replace the battery (debateable longevity vs plastic snap-clips)
• USB 2.0 connection!!!
• Slightly lower clock speed chip (does it produce greater FLOPS? If so, say so!)
• Better energy rating, yet the slightly higher capacity battery won’t last as long based on the specs…??? The only direct point of comparison given is web browsing, where FP5 lasts about 50% longer.

Most other things I see are practically identical or tiny upgrades, or options (8GB RAM vs 6) becoming standard.

I’ve seen the issues with FP6 not having video over USB:

FP6 Discussion about USB-2 and missing Desktop Mode

So sad. Nice and clean design but it’s clearly a downgrade in some places. At least FP5 is not obsolete, it’s just an alternative to FP6.

(although this feature I didn’t know I wanted sounds nice for giving a presentation, I doubt that I’d actually use it)

and a more severe issue of /e/OS not currently supporting charge limiting:

Missing features at /e/ vs. Stock FPOS on FP6

I read there is no feature parity between /e/ in comparison with the stock FPOS (gooogled), some features or settings are not available on /e/. Here I want to collect all missing features, which are not related to the flavour of /e/ itself (de-googled, privacy, … ) and ask about the chance that this features will find the way in a later /e/-version. I am inspired by this post on the e-community and want to collect also input from the FP forums side. This is a fist question collection, please f…

What exactly does FP6 do substantially better than FP5 to justify its existence?
Are its strengths just badly described in comparison?
Having someone save me time on installing /e/ seems to be the only selling point so far, and it’s a bewilderingly expensive one.

I just want a long-lasting and secure phone that I can repair, use F-Droid apps on, and actually make/take calls on a 4G connection. I don’t think that’s too much to ask of FP. What is going to be the best option for me?
So far it sounds like FP5 + LineageOS, but then I’m reading that you can’t install that without leaving the bootloader unlocked:

Experience with LineageOS

Continuing the discussion from TWRP for Fairphone 5:

What does OEM or FP-installed /e/ do differently that keeps it any more secure than user-installed LineageOS, and costs £50 more to do than them installing FP-flavour Android?
Or do they also leave the bootloader unlocked when installing /e/?

Why is the FP5 with /e/ not offered outside the EEA, while the FP6 apparently is??