What's your take on the Fairphone 5 compared against flagship Androids?
Wanted:
large screen
good battery life
great camera
long device lifetime, i.e. repairability, software and security updates, swappable battery, ...
enough RAM (8GB) and built-in storage (256GB)
SD card slot and 3.5mm won't hurt (but we use wireless headphones all the time)
The competition are (from my POV):
Samsung S23+ (or similar)
Motorola Edge 40 Pro (or similar)
Google Pixel 8 Pro
I ruled out all other vendors due to disappointing update promises. Motorola with 4 years security updates promised (out of which the first year has already passed if the model is not brand new) is the minimum.
All phones are stretching the budget; must be really good to justify the expense. Benchmark for "great" is better than the previous generation (S10).
It looks pretty good for if I were buying a new phone. It is expensive, but I really appreciate an open phone with a long lifetime. The only thing I have an issue with is that they chose to kill the jack and sell wireless earbuds instead.