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[–] Culf@feddit.dk 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

For me Fairphone has been good. I bought my fp3 on release in 2019 for about 400 euro and it is still going strong today, 6 years later (I am in fact using it right now)

Not to say that there haven't been software problems at all but it has not been that bad and was fixed over time.

[–] Stzyxh@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago

Also had no big problems with my FP4

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

Same here with my FP3+