What did you bought?
A Pixel (4,5,6,7) with calyxOS or now also with IodéOS and the gcam is the best of the best in case of hardware, software, picture quality and privacy
Hi,
I donât want to be rude and advertise other devices in the fairphone forum. But it is an insane difference when you can suddenly make calls without any problems and get compliments for beautiful photos. I got used to so much with the fp4, with a lot of good will. But the hardware is not everything and I am happy about the new phone. I have less space then before but also 7 5 years security updates.
Did you buy an Iphone?
No, thatâs not my taste
Itâs still android
There are Android devices with 7 years of security updates? HuhâŠ
No, sorry. I have said bullshit. Itâs minimum 5 years.
I totally can relate to that. Two things make me salty about this: The hardware seems good but they canât get the right software. It seems like there is a lot of complaining about the image quality but they donât listen (apparently donât even read the forum).
If the upgrade to Android 12 is not improving the picture quality Iâll switch too⊠the same reason, canât take proper pictures of my child.
Thats def not correct. They listen and a few things were already improved. Apprently still not properly for all use cases, especially indoor and moving objects.
You can edit the other post etc.
I didnât found a way to strike through the 7. Else the newer comments make no sense. Shall I still correct the 7?
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I must say I share the frustration of the original OP.
I am traveling with my girlfriend and we have been comparing photos from her Samsung and mine. I was unpleasantly surprised how much better Samsungâs photos look like, especially around how true colors are. I tried the original camera and gcam, results were more or less the same.
But this compares the camera apps instead of the hardware. On my Samsung the camera app makes the colors are somewhat exaggerated and the FP4 app slightly more natural (better with GCam compared with the original app.
I would have thought that is clearly an app issue
I have the exact same experience. Quite odd that they advertise the camera as one of the main features and then the camera is barely better than a 300⏠Samsung.
I would have thought that is clearly an app issue
Of course, that is the Samsung Camera App (I corrected my original post to make this clear)
More color means better? I guess the hardware is pretty ok, but the software is not. BTW that is good news, because this can be corrected much easier
Well it is one of the main features, apart from being a phone
The quality of the shots is definitely not comparable to Samsung and Apple or Pixel, but if you compare the financial resources of a small company to those it is not surprising.
The FP3+ uses a Samsung Bayer 48MPs chip, as do some Samsungs etc. but yes the ouptup on the Fairphone doesnât compare.
As for the advertising.
a) I imagine the fairphone team donât expect tto much and donât compare to the others.
b) People who have moved over from the previously mentioned, âshouldâ not be surprised that Fairphone canât do as well.
c) Yes the camera experience is scratchy compared to how I enjoyed my 0.83MPx Olympus camera (1996), and at least had a decent size lens and great software.
There is a thread where the FP4 even fails at being a phone
As for their advertising, they donât really shy away for praising their camera abilities. There is no star symbol with a disclaimer that says but please donât compare these claims with other phones.
Itâs fair to say that the camera can be better. Yes, it costs money to develop a better camera. And I think they will make this investment. Because they are now under performing, even by standards of 10 years ago.
There are also open-source cameras that tent to perform better as well, such as the OpenCamera. They can open-source it too, if licenses agree with that. Then itâs not just them developing it anymore.