My FP3 was first used in November 2019 Happy Birthday!
It’s kinda on its last legs from a performance POV with regular lockups, especially after rebooting or when flipping between battery saver, normal and charging modes but it’s still plodding on. This helped a lot though: Fairphone 3 Poor performance, fixed!
On second battery and I’ve recently started having to charge it again in the evenings so I probably need a new one soon. (The previous one ballooned eventually!)
Apologies, but could you please specify the starting date of your FP3? As I can see, you have been on this forum much longer than (humbly) me, so I might be missing the data.
I got my FP3 at the end of 2019, but I did not keep record of the exact date. and yes, I had the FP1 and later FP2 earlier. actually I had 2 FP1, which I gave away to friends who wantes to test FairPhone - my incentive to buy a FP2. this oldie is still functional but the battery is poor and I didn’t check for security updates since, hm, 2021.
wish you a good - and longlasting - experience with your FP! cheers, christoph
attached: the beach at porto pim, horta, faial, açores, sep 2025
I got my FP3 on Nov. 9th, 2019 and it’s still in daily use, so I’d be happy to receive the badge
I’m gonna tweak the performance once again, but I’m not entirely sure I’ll be able to claim my 7-year badge next year. Got a good ol’ phonecall today, I’m happy that it rang at all, it took several seconds to appear on screen, and again several seconds after I accepted the call, I just had to keep saying “hello?” as I couldn’t know when the actual call was established. But that’s the fate of modern electronics, 6+ years is a nice lifespan already.
Actually I’m more worried about the vulnerability of today’s electronics and online systems, both in terms of hackers / spies / malware / surveillance and in terms of physical sabotage on cables, servers, clouds etc., I’m keeping a battery-powered radio just in case
Seeing this thread, I just want to mention, that on Nov. 06, 2025 my FP3 passed it’s 6th year of life, having only replaced the pumper to a protective case and bought a new battery, both in 2025.