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The Fairphone 5 is less about what comes in the box and more about what you get over the years (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by TheLugal@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Fairphone’s latest repairable device is for people who hate saying goodbye to an old smartphone more than they like buying a new one.

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[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Well you convinced me to avoid them. I use my phone's for about a decade each.

[–] axo@feddit.de 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But tgats stupid, since no manufacturer has parts available for that long. And fairphone released an update for the FP2 after 8 years of being available. Thats crazy! I think it got out around the same time as the Samsung S3. Try finding a genuine battery for that thing.

And also the FP1 and FP2 were sold in really low quantities. The FP3 was the first proper product, which therefor has much better support and will have parts available for much longer

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's a fair perspective, but that is also not what I consider "sustainable" as they themselves claim to be. I fail to see how that is stupid, stupid is calling ones company sustainable, when it's not ten years down the line.

Trust already broken.

[–] axo@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

Well, android itself is only 15 years old. To put that into perspective.

But yes, I would also be hella mad if they stopped supporting the FP4 or FP5 after "only" 8 or 10 years.

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Not proud of that but it is an honest report of my user experience, sadly.