Random reboots Iâve had on Fairphone 2. But I donât think theyâre that random, I believe theyâre just OOM issues or the hardware connection issues of the modules (for some mitigated with a piece of paper near battery). Cause I also had them on my Motorola (G2?).
My Samsung Galaxy S or Samsung Galaxy S3 did not produce such nice photographs (though I dislike the second last picture). Nor did my 2015 midrange successor of SGS3, a Motorola which did not even receive 2 years software upgrades, nor were they regular (Samsung had the balls to give their flagship device, SGS3 only 1 year software updates). The SGS3 however came with an AMOLED screen; it was gorgeous, like Pixel 3aâs.
The FP3+ had the same CMOS as Pixel 3a, but Pixel 3a produced better pictures. You could use GCam (Google Camera) and have a much better experience.
Anyway, its not fair to produce a specific feature of a smartphone with another smartphone. You need to compare everything, all the pros and cons of each device. Not just some. What is a dealbreaker for you, isnât one for someone else, and if photography is important for you then Google Cam is superb with bad lighting conditions.
Unfortunately, these camera optimizations are software and proprietary so we have to pirate a modified GCam or live with it or buy a smartphone where the camera is a strong plus. A Pixel series is then a nice device, the 6a was on sale for 300 EUR on Black Friday. But its by a large company, who put a lot of focus on security, data gathering, etc. Many work around the latter by switching to Calyx or Graphene, yielding good software support (even firmware for the embedded chips). Repairability-wise theyâre not strong though.
But a benefit of FP4 could be that we can eventually upgrade things like the camera or screen or battery. Doing that on an other recent device requires much more effort.
Now, with all the pros and cons taken into account, a FP4 released 5 years ago would deliver high-end performance if you look at things like SoC and RAM. It would not have been a decent midrange smartphone; it wouldâve been a good high-end smartphone (provided you used GCam with it in bad lighting conditions).