The EU is introducing an energy label for phones, together with mandatory requirements for phones sold in the EU;
- 5 years of software updates (AFTER they stop selling the device in the EU)
- providing important hardware parts (during sale and for 7 years after), including free software (if needed), to every repair shop, within 5-10 business days
- batteries have to make 800 charging cycles and still be above 80% original capacity
And on top of that, phones and tablets need this energy label (which also includes a fall damage durability and repairability score), and abide by the above requirements, from 20 June 2025.
"Battery endurance per cycle icon Battery endurance per cycle
Battery endurance per cycle refers to how long a smartphone's battery lasts from a full charge to when it needs to be recharged again. For example, if a smartphone has a battery endurance of 10 hours per cycle, it means you can expect to be able to use it for around 10 hours before needing to recharge it (to note that the 10 hours of this example have been determined on the basis of a standardised test of usage)."
Of course, those numbers highly depend on what exactly means "standardised test of usage".
I personally would check the EU Energy Label battery life by phones I already know, then it should be easier to compare.
Friends of mine charge FP5 daily with medium usage. Their feedback was, that battery life could be better. So, I like that Fairphone improved battery live with the new model.
@jeder Fun fact: Fairphone 4 has better battery life than Fairphone 5. This is because FP5 had a special long-term-support industry chip by #qualcomm. It seems that this was not fully optimized for mobile usage. Nevertheless, I prefer FP5 (or FP6) over FP4 because of this LTS chip where vendors provide drivers for longer time, which is super important for usability of the phone in the long run.
My expectation would be, that with FP6 they have similar long term agreements with their vendors.
PS I have a FP2. There, Fairphone made the learning that reverse engineering chip drivers to get newer Android versions is super tedious. This LTS thing with FP5 was a huge step forward, especially for all #customRom folks and #linux enthusiasts.
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