I can’t believe some of the points Linus made against the Fairphone, especially given he’s onboard with the same compromises for the Framework laptop. 🤭
I can’t believe some of the points Linus made against the Fairphone, especially given he’s onboard with the same compromises for the Framework laptop. 🤭
I would say this is a “bad take” from Linus.
You really can’t compare a Fairphone to any other phone on a level playing field because it has goals that literally no other phone has, and will inevitably make compromises to achieve those goals.
He had multiple “dealbreakers” that are trivial to most. He seemed to approach this entire review from a very selfish perspective. And while a personal view can be useful, it shouldn’t be entirely self-centered, which is how he came off.
Thicker phones is something enthusiasts have been clamoring for for years. The number of trade-offs they’ve made in exchange for a couple extra mm in phones is absurd.
Same goes for a couple of extra mm in the bezels.
The off-axis viewing angles is something that has always confused me. Who looks at their displays that way?
Gaming is not great? Who cares? It’s not a gaming phone.
Camera is not great? Most of modern camera quality is in software. Install Gcam or Open camera and save yourself the cash. F5 had some of the best photos of the ones they showed anyway.
Like Jesus, these are the things you want to focus on? Is there nothing more important you could talk about in this short review?
Most of these can be fixed with a software update (which isn’t an excuse).
The guy in the video also had a bad take, comparing the F5 to F4 over and over again. Like who are you, Apple? It doesn’t matter to the end user.
My biggest gripe with Fairphone is their lack of a headphone jack. I think that’s a legitimate dealbreaker for a lot of people and also goes against the “fair” ethos. But that was never mentioned in this review 🤷
Yeah, I was listening and found myself nodding many of the design choices. Yes I want 60Hz default, yes I don’t want SIM slot on the side, yes I want the phone to be thicker and heavier to accommodate the durability and repairability and features… I’m clearly the target demographic for this device and Linus’es review felt like it completely missed the point. “It’s not much more difficult to replace the Galaxy Note’s battery” say what buddy?
I can’t even imagine how you can possibly say its a bad take. They were all fair criticisms of that phone, if it doesn’t apply to you very well, but the fact that it’s slower than an old phone it might matter to some specially in the optic of keeping that phone for 5/6 years or more…
It’s nothing about my personal opinion. It’s about the priorities of their target market.
They were fair criticisms but the way they were presented (angry “dealbreakers”) appears to come from a very selfish perspective, and there were several other important items he left out of the review entirely.