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Fairphone 5 - release date and US support??
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this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2023
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I hope it comes out soon - I'm still using my Fairphone 2 but it's really time for it to retire
So how many years of service is that, that it has been going alright and not giving you issues??
And are you US-based, and with which provider?
It looks like it was released it like 2015... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairphone_2
I've had it since 2016, so it's close to 7 years now. I replaced the screen and battery on it, but it has been pretty solid. Actually, uptime is something that's an advantage for self-repairable stuff: when the screen needed to be replaced, it still worked enough to use, which I did until the replacement arrived. Takes a minute to swap the screen and then it's running again.
I'm based in Germany so I only used it in the US when traveling. Maybe the 5 will be the one where they decide to cover the US officially? It seems like there's more attention to repairability than there was 7 years ago...