I’d like my notification LED back, thank you ^^.
Previous phones were Sony and I liked that very much: a non intrusive, not overly bright multi colour 2mm LED that tells me the state of my battery/charging and simple notifications like having it blink every 5 seconds or so.
I was also very happy with the Sony Xperia battery management, having it charge normal until 80-90% then trickle charge with a full charge calculated at the time I’ve set my wake-up alarm.
And that’s all, really. I can dream of waterproofing, but I don’t think that’s realistic.
… Drop-in upgrades would be another utopia, I guess?
Yeah, of course serious. People have abilities and disabilities which affect eyesight.
I wonder how many people do not notice a smoother experience on 144 Hz vs 60 Hz monitor in a double blind test. I suspect people will generally prefer the 144 Hz one by a large margin. The ones who claim they’re the same, would be outliers. But since you’re the one who claims you can notice the difference easily, I challenge you to prove this in a study.
All I really want is a telephoto lens, ideally 5x zoom
For me this would be such a game changer and allow fairphone to be much more competitive on the market. Of course 3 cameras would be cool, but I would also be fine to loose the ultrawide camera as I feel like its use cases are really really rare. A zoom lens would be sooo much more useful.
The main problem with the cameras is not the hardware but the software in Fairphone phones so I don’t think it is a good idea to add more expensive hardware that will be used at half its capacities.
Using Fairphone 4 for a few years now.
My experiance it it’s ok. But There where many software issues that took way to long before being solved. Seams to the Fairphone 5 is better in that regard.
When the software issues are now solved it’s ok. But the screen brightness is my biggest issue with it. It’s hard to se some thinge during a nice day in the sun.
Bring the headphone jack back, make it a decent all rounder (doesn’t need to be a flagship chipset anymore, upper midrange is just fine).
But I’d like Fairphone to make a more concerted effort to bring the price down somewhat. I know it will always be more expensive then comparatively specced phones, but it’d be great if it’s a phone most people can consider off contract instead of something for well meaning upper-middle class people who don’t mind throwing extra cash at a good cause.
A repairable version of the Punkt MP02 would interest me. I can make calls, has a contact list, calendar, camera and can tether to my laptop or tablet. How many need all 3 of these gadgets loaded with the same redundant apps?
I’m new here, and I don’t jet have a Fairphone. But I got a list of ideas for the next iterations.
Just some of out of the box ideas, from easy to difficult.
Start selling the main-board of the phones, and other part that are not for sale on your webshop.
Make the phone batteries hot swappable while on a charger or powerbank. I don’t think this is a thing, but it should be, also think for the marketing & phone uptime.
More modularity on the main-board, I know you are working on this, to get a socket for the cpu, so it can be replaced. Would also be great for memory & storage.
The Fairphone Tab, a tablet that can use old Fairphone main-boards & modules.
Make some modules compatible between phone generations, this requires standardized connectors for upcoming generations and software changes at kernel level.
Multi-adaptable aluminum frame, so that you can standardize and resize the aluminum frame of the phone over multiple generations. A phone frame that can resize with railing system with on the outside aluminum fill-ins to make a flush frame. Is this possible, yes, but I’m not sure if aluminum strong enough. Also it requires true module design, for a multiple generations in mind.
To me sustainable and up-gradable is where more improvements can be made!!
Huge YEEEEES for point 2. The FP5 will not turn on without the battery inserted. Which is a shame, because I clearly recall my old HTC being able to do that. Hot swapping while plugged into a battery bank, or being operable from the wall with no battery are cool things.
I’d probably never take advantage of such a feature. But it just feels logical to be able to do that with a removable battery.
