Dear Fairphone-Team, I’m a Fairphone backer from the very start and many friends of mine also own a Fairphone 1. The phones work well with some caveats that I guess everyone is aware of. The phones have proven themselves to be quite robust and we’d all like to continue using these phones for quite …

[image] Gerry: They struggle a lot to make “KitKat” work on Fairphone 1 because the manufacturer of the SoC does not allow access to source code, but they are working hard to make it possible: Not completely true: Fairphone does have access to the FP1 source code , but they are not allowed to …

[image] Stefan: And, judging from the Market and even when FP1-users have their phones longer than average, I’m sure that there aren’t 60,000 working FP1s left. You are right, because a damaged display of a Fairphone 1 makes the device inaccessible, so it has been sorted out - “unplanned obso…

[image] Gerry: You are right, because a damaged display of a Fairphone 1 makes the device inaccessible Not necessarily. I see many people on the street or in the tram using a phone with a so-called “ spider app ” on the display.

That really is true. I love your sense of humour, makes my day! :grin:

Without entering the blame game, it seems apparent that we’ve already reached end of support… no updates in quite a while, and no more spare parts. FP1 is good as long as nothing breaks, and as long as we’re fine with using an unpatched OS (I’m still using it). I take this mostly as a chance to sha…

this is a really interesting, & important, discussion. i’m also a FP1 owner, & am feeling a little dismayed at the thought of having to think about a new phone in the near future. i don’t know whether a subscription model is the answer, but we really have to find a way out of built-in obsolescence & …

My wife purchased an iPhone 5 about six months prior to me getting my hands on my first batch FP1. Her iPhone still functions perfectly fine and she’s still totally happy with it. On my FP1 I can’t install new versions of some apps I’ve used for years and other new ones not at all. I’d love to carry…

[image] Darren_Smith: My wife purchased an iPhone 5 about six months prior to me getting my hands on my first batch FP1. Her iPhone still functions perfectly fine and she’s still totally happy with it. Don’t worry, Apple is already working on a fix for that problem :wink: .

Thanks so much cschl for your constructive thinking. I fully support your proposal. My husband and I will join a subscription like that. And as an additional idea: why not buy back all the FP1 devices that people are discarding at the moment (and will do in the future) for a reasonable price and ke…

[image] Marjolein_Van_Putten: why not buy back all the FP1 devices that people are discarding at the moment (and will do in the future) for a reasonable price and keep them as a spare part reservoir? Because that would mean additional impact and cost due to shipping, storage and logistics as …

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