Is FP a successful project but a failed phone?

[JeroenH]

Which FP? You posted this in Help → FP2 but there have been 3 Fairphone products thus far.

FP3 has quite a few design differences where its shown they’ve learned from past mistakes. For example, the modules are more tightly connected with connectors. They’re a bit more difficult to get off, but the advantage is the connectors will fail less quickly. Also, the battery sits more tight, and is more difficult to remove.

If you’re looking for a thread with FP3 praises, here is one:

Anyone love their FP3? (= no issues)

Thinking about buying the FP3 and reading through the forum here to see possible problems. Honestly, the list is a bit frightening, especially Wifi connectivity issues. I do have the Fritzbox 6490 router that has been mentioned here to not work with the FP3. Therefore, my question: Who here has no significant issues with their FP3? Who’s phone just works? Thanks.

Community-maintained list of known issues which can potentially be mitigated by software update(s):

Improving the software of FP3

This thread should contain mainly possible improvements that could be come with software updates to the phone. There is also a wish list where the fancy stuff could find space. This is a wiki, so feel free to add your points here in one of the two categories. For clarity reasons please add only key points, please. Probably possible improvements: Hardware implementation Making “hardware button actions” selection available in settings menu, such as “long press power button for torch light” …