Hey,
recently I repalced my FP1 with something newer. Now I’m thinking about what to do with my old FP1. It has several issues:
USB port not working reliably
camera broke during a repair attempt
battery is getting a little weak
housing condition isn’t the best
Now I’m wondering what would be most sustainable: try to repair an sell / give away OR donate the parts that are working (the display is fine). What do you recommend?
Interesting, thanks! In this forum many people complain about problems with their Fairphone and as far as I know Fairphone never released data whether this is just because the forum is the place for that or whether the Fairphone has a below average reliability. Anyway, on Amazon I saw 1245 reviews for an S5, 24% of them are 1 star ratings.
To be clear: I never would have bought that device. But since I got it for free and LineageOS 16 (Android 9) is available, it was a great upgrade for me.
If my FP1 would die now I would also get a Samsung Galaxy S5, simply because it is one of the phones with the best LineageOS support. I wouldn’t recommend it to someone, who doesn’t feel up to installing a custom ROM. In this case I’d still recommend FP2.