Should I buy Fairphone 2?

[huskers]

Hey Joelle,

as no one has a FP2 yet it is hard to tell what the FP2 is good for by now. You might want to check the tests of the final phones listed here The ones from number 19 and higher are the most recent ones.

@Joelle

Are the modules up-gradable in the future? - Will I be able to install, for example, a better camera and will the phone be able to handle that (obviously assuming this upgraded module is produced)

That is not definite yet. I personally think it is likely that at some point in the future, a better camera module might be offered but there has not been any announcement about the development of module upgrades at all yet.

@Joelle

How future proof is the phone? One of my disappointments concerning the FP1 was that e.g. the operating system was not up-gradable beyond a certain point and that eventually the phone would be vulnerable to hackers. And that the phone was not 4G compatible.

The FP2 is 4G compatible in (most of?) Europe. Also Fairphone chose Qualcomm instead of Mediatek as the SoC manufacturer to have higher chances of being able to provide new Software for a longer time. Whether there will be struggles with that or not is hard to tell by now, but I’m personally not worried about this.

@Joelle

How good is the camera? I’m not a huge fan of the camera on FP1 but I’m not sure what the specifications on the FP2 mean. Will it function in low light? Will I be able to focus on close objects? (Something that doesn’t seem to be easily possible on FP1)

The camera has been tested in several of the reviews mentioned above. We have a gallery of pictures taken by a FP2 in the forum as well (see here).

@Joelle

I think those are my main concerns. I also think it would nice if us original buyers of the FP1 could get some kind of recognition / deal on the FP2, since we were the guinea pigs!

This has been discussed several times in this forum already.

Hope I could help a little,
all the best