The lowest cost iPhone SE 3rd gen I can find on Apple's website is €549 with 7 years of software updates
The fp5 on Fairphones website is €529 with at least 8 years of software updates
Even if iPhones were marginally cheaper, they carry with them vendor lock-in, poor repairability, and a track record of horrendous working conditions for the workers assembling them
To me it would still be worth a small premium to avoid those drawbacks even if the fp5 was more expensive per year
The fp5 on Fairphones website is €529 with at least 8 years of software updates
Even if iPhones were marginally cheaper, they carry with them vendor lock-in, poor repairability, and a track record of horrendous working conditions for the workers assembling them
To me it would still be worth a small premium to avoid those drawbacks even if the fp5 was more expensive per year