How old was your iPhone, what do you do with your mobile phone? Have you invested a lot into iOS apps?
Generally, an iPhone works much smoother than a Fairphone. Also, Apple supports its devices with software updates way longer than any Android OEM. Much more choice of accessories and repair options as well.
Best wishes,
Thomas
Nope, my company IPhone 7 (nearly as old as my FP2) is no longer supported, but the FP2 is
The iPhone 7 is still supported. Mine is on the latest iOS 15.3.1, updated yesterday. Even the iPhone 6s released (and delivered) 2015 is on the latest iOS.
Strange mine refuses to update to any 15 iOS
I use a second-hand iPhone 7 currently (after the 3GS and the 5S): arguments include the long software support, hardware sufficient for simple games (ie not HD shooters), battery okayish at 76% after daily use. the screen is small, but I like the one-hand use in public transport and the „pocketability“ a lot. regarding newer iphones: if you like to play, take great pictures in difficult conditions. i guess security is as good as it gets, as the processors are designed inhouse and still supported. over the years though, less and less real innovation, so second-hand is always an option if you want to be sustainable.
I bought an FP4 for my parents: large screen, very long battery life, 5 year warranty and android updates, so a long life time is guaranteed here too (but Qualcomm hardware support only for ~2 years). plus an exchangeable battery and good camera hardware. the downsides I still see are: a) camera software is so so, and could do much better given the hardware. b) Android = Google, but many forum members degoogle and the forum is very supportive when it comes to questions. c) I‘m unsure about using online banking/e-commerce if hardware drivers are outdated after 2 years.
So if you are not into the very latest camera tech and have no issues with Android, the FP4 appears to be a good deal for several years to come. and there is the added benefit of having a good conscience of buying the best practice phone when it comes to social and environmental factors. finally, the phone looks really good (green) and feels like high-quality; it is large though.
Hi and welcome to the forum
If you want a half decent phone that puts Fairtrade for the mineral miners and factory workers then there is little choice.
And as Incanus has stated you may have reservations about some of your apps.
Maybe you can find a shop that sells them to have a look, or maybe someone local to show you the phone. Look at the fairphoneangel list to see if there is someone near you.
Maybe you could list the specs etc, that are a minimum requirement and then check the specs and make more individual queries here?
I have an FP3 which suits me fine, the FP4 has better specs and is a little larger.
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When coming from an iPhone 7 you’ll do fine with a Fairphone 4. It takes better pictures than an iPhone 8. The screen is great, the performance is great. The software isn’t that bad, but there are some issues that need to be resolved. For example pictures in low light could be better by todays standards. The noise cancellation could use some work with video calls and audio recordings aren’t great at the moment.
So my advice would be, try it out. That’s the best way. But do note that in about 2 months or so some software issues I just mentioned will be improved.
Thanks you for looking into the Fairphone 
It makes me happy when people think about sustainability and fair trade.
We live in a world where nets are installed below the windows in phone factories to catch people who try to commit suicide by jumping. Examples of companies which make phones in these conditions are Huawei, Xiaomi and of course Apple.
Two large smartphone companies which stand out for being better here are Samsung and Sony. Both manufacture their phones exclusively in high-wage countries with much stronger workers’ rights. Fairphone phones are also made in a high-wage country with strong workers’ rights.
Sorry, ehrt74, but are you doing any research, before posting?
Fairphones are not made in a high-wage country, but in China. Of course under different conditions, than for the average worker, but still in China. Sony 2019 moved the production of their phones from Beijing to Thailand, because of lower costs. Samsung moved production from China to India, Indonesia or Vietnam. Do you consider that ‘high-wage countries’?
A bit dated, but still valuable insights: https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/reports/greener-electronics-2017/, incl Fairphone just abead of Apple and „ Samsung lagging on renewable energy“.
according to this link Sony’s Flagship Phone is Made in Japan. sony phones are made in Japan. As for making phones in India (where most Samsung phones appear to be made) yes, i do consider this to be a step up from supporting a dictatorship.
the fairphone being made in China seems to be a real problem. i really thought they import the components and then screw the phones together in the Netherlands 
maybe a gigaset would be a better idea to support fair worker’s rights?
that’s a strange report i know that Google has been carbon neutral across all operations since 2007, though it used to do this by purchasing carbon offsets. Since 2017 its total energy consumption has been free of carbon.
This is also of course useful for Apple: it uses Google’s cloud for its cloud services.
The majority of Sonys smartphones is not made in Japan. And in your first posting, you were talking about ‘high wage countries’, nothing about dictatorship.
Well what do you think are the important things here.
Yes, it is important that people who work in factories get a living wage.
It is also important that people who work in factories are free to choose the work they do, rather than being forced to continue working for fear of repercussions against their family, for example.
Might i suggest that , rather than playing a game of “i caught you in a mistake, gotcha! i’m better than you!” it might be more useful for others if we instead talked about what the manufacturing conditions are like in the factories used by the various phone producers?
You can read about the Fairphones idea of fair conditions for workers: Working Conditions - Fairphone
As far as I know Gigaset only assembles the components made in China, to call it made in German (quite a fake in my eyes). So how will that help and what is Gigaset doing for the workers in China by assembling in Germany? Production is still in China.
And just for India not much better, as Foxconn is the same company as in China
And such discussion are not about being better, but when you make false/inaccurate statements then why should it not possible to correct this?
Hi and welcome. No surprise that I too would recommend you take a serious look at what Fairphones offer.
Latest high performance? No. But here are some things I appreciate about my FP2 :
Were my FP2 to die, the first phone I would currently consider as replacement would be an FP4. Guarantee to 2027 is quite a distinctive offer. But I’m hoping never to buy an FP4, because I hope not to be buying any time soon.
Let’s be honest here, I came from a Pixel 3, used the Fairphone 4 for 1,5 months and it wasn’t a smooth ride. What you say about the battery and easy repairability is true. But I hadn’t such a buggy phone since I had a OnePlus One, where every update was a trade off between fixing some things while breaking other things. The recent FP4 software update also broke some new things again. Such as GPS. While existing issues are still not fixed.
If it was all true what you’re saying then yes, that would be amazing. But let’s not talk people into buying this phone with the wrong expectations. The phone can be great, but you have to value sustainability to a high degree to accept the shortcomings.
I hope they’ll fix everything soon, because my Pixel 3 has battery issues. I hope it can be a Fairphone 4. But they don’t make this choice easy…
So how can you judge after such a short time of use? I would def confirm everything said by iantog.
There is not one truth and there might be problems. Still such can happen with every phone and my FP2 run smooth for years. Would it have met your needs? Most likely not. But still it would be true when I say it was running fine without issues.
1.5 months isn’t short, right? I also kept an eye out for how other Fairphones were received and what issues people experienced with it.
I think it’s fair to to just tell how things are instead of how we would like things be. Maybe in the future the FP4 will be less of a pain to use. But we’re not there yet, let’s stay honest here.