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Is it me or did they get slightly more vague on their marketing materials, wrt the environmental impact ( at least compared to fp5 ) ?
Also the battery seems a bit harder to replace, as you now need a screwdriver. It does appear to be more flush, so it may be due to size constraints.
Edit: and there's "more" replaceable parts because the back is split in two. That split might prove better for durability tho, because pulling the back on their older phones felt like it would break every time.
Screwdrivers are pretty entry-level tools though.
I know I know, but it was really convenient to keep a spare battery and do a quick swap on the fp4.
True, that never crossed my mind. Yeah that is not possible then. Gotta stick with 5 then?
Not sure. This phone seems better in some regards and worse in others, so I'd say wait for reviews.
As for me I probably won't get it. Already have a fp4 I got in a sale to experiment with and see if I can completely degoogle and couldn't ( not completely anyway ). Now it's more or less a paperweight that I might revisit in the future, when my daily phone kicks the bucket. The dealbreaker is Android15 because that's when they shoved gemini in, so any phone with Android14 and security updates will do fine. God I hope that linux phones finally get off the ground already