When comparing Fairphone vs Google, the Slant community recommends Fairphone for most people. In the question“What are the best Android phone manufacturers?” Fairphone is ranked 5th while Google is ranked 14th. The most important reason people chose Fairphone is:
You can repair or update your phone by yourself.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Modular phones
You can repair or update your phone by yourself.
Pro Repairabillity
Pro Have some additional features
Pixel and Nexus phones have some additional features to integrate Android even more into the Google ecosystem.
Pro Open bootloader
All Pixel phones come with an open bootloader which makes it easy to use an after market OS.
Pro Great custom ROM support
There exist many custom ROMs for Google devices.
Pro T line
Cons
Con No compact phones
Phones are huge.
Con Very outdated hardware
Con No compact line
Phones tend to be on the large side.
Con Limited support
Pixel phones receive only two years OS updates plus one year of security fixes.
Update: Pixel 6 line and newer will get 4 years of upgrades and 6 years of security fixes.
Con Expensive
Phones are expensive compared to other manufacturers.