Is the Fairphone 5 still too buggy?

[OldRoutard]

Hi,

I know the FP2 well, and frankly the FP5 is in quite another class. It’s fast (enough for me anyway, though not a gamer’s phone of course), smooth and stable.

USB port is USB-C of course, much more robust, and the replacement module, if ever you need one, is very small.

Known problems are conveniently listed (and followed up) here:

Known reproducible and reported issues of the Fairphone 5

Introduction This topic should not be seen as a list of reasons for not buying the Fairphone 5. Fairphone is a professional company that does its best to produce quality hardware and software. This topic maintains a list of known reproducible and reported issues of the fp5 so that we as a community can keep each other informed about workarounds and communication with Fairphone support. As a result we may also lower the workload of the Fairphone support staff. This will free up their r…

But I regret the size and weight of the FP2 which slipped into a pocket a lot more discretely than its successors.