Hey there! My take on this, based on how you plan to use your phone and keep it for a while (8 years), the Fairphone 5 with 128GB/6GB will work fine at first. However, I think waiting for the 256GB/8GB version could be a smarter move. It’ll help ensure that your phone stays fast and has enough storage as time goes on, which is perfect for your long-term plans. If you can, I’d suggest holding out for that upgraded model! Dunno that's what I'd do.
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Honestly, the phone(8gb 256gb) uses up 4-5 gig of ram idle. I think you should go for the 8 gig. Especially in a few android updates you might not want to have any less.
Please don't buy a 6 gigabyte ram phone in 2025 you gonna regret it. Specially something like a fairphone that you can keep a long time
The Fairphone 5 has a micro-SD card slot -that 128GB is expandable. The limitations of such devices are more down to the availability of mobile apps in general than down to the hardware, ie, by owning an android or IOS phone, you're already suffering a disadvantage vs full PCs that Fairphone is no worse about than any of the "premier" phone manufacturers.
The lagging performance over time you're worried about would be more down to OEM OS update bloat, an issue I don't foresee with Fairphone.
That said, if it were much cheaper to fix my phone than to replace it, I'm going that route unless the new option is a significant upgrade, by which I mean new features, not performance stats. A better, more privacy-respecting OS is such a feature to me, so it would come down to budget.
What is the price difference as it would clearly be a factor too?
I’m also really interested in /e/os and Fairphone, but since my company is giving me an iPhone that I can also use for my private life, I’m not gonna get a second phone as it would be non ecological and a hassle.
I have not yet installed /e/ on my FP5, but when I installed it on my FP3 it was quite easy. So I guess an option is to buy the 256GB version and just install /e/ yourself?
I really need to get around to doing it soon. Super happy with my FP5, but stock Android is increasingly a pain in the neck.