My first impressions - Comparison Cherry 1.6 / Stock Android

[Emmanuel_Delannoy]

Continuing the discussion from Welcome! Introduce yourself here!:

Welcome! Introduce yourself here!

It’s now a little bit more than one month that my wife had hers, and two weeks I got mine. All I have to say is that I’m very impressed. After the Cherry 1.6 update, the battery life is still, after a few cycles for recalibration, between 2,5 and 3,5 days, depending on usage. I just couldn’t believe it and it’s a very impressive change after my Sony Xperia. I don’t play games, but I call, send and recieve SMS, take a few pictures, surf the web, check my email like a professionnal manager would, and had no problem at all. I use stock Android without google apps (Only free software from FDroid), and It’s all flawless and a real pleasure to use. My wife use The Fairphone Launcher and google apps, no problem either. It’s really a question of choice and taste beetwen these two options, and it’s very appreciable that Fairphone leaves us the choice. Not much to say besides that. The screen ins bright, very pleasant to look at, and responsive when you type on it or swipe. The camera is, it’s true, not comparable with the top of lines smartphone, but, surprisingly, the video caption is better than standard picture caption. This let me think that software optimisation is still possible. When I tell my friend the story behind Fairphone, their reaction is generally : “OK, that’s nice, but the price must be very high”. When I tell them that is cost 325 €, they say that they where expecting much more. True : the Fairphone as also a fair price.
On word to conclude : excellent work Fairphone. Keep on !