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I want a phone I can actually fix, and Fairphone’s record growth shows the world does too (www.androidcentral.com)
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[–] klisurovi4@midwest.social 5 points 4 days ago

Really glad to hear that. I've been using a Fairphone 5 for about 2 years now and while it's certainly not on the level of a flagship I can't say I miss anything. Sure, a better camera or faster processor would be nice to have, but both get the job done and are certainly not necessary for the average user. Samsung and Apple would have us believe that we all need a DLSR camera strapped to a supercomputer in our pocket in order to swipe on Instagram and take the occasional selfie. I'd gladly trade that in to make the world a tiny bit better by not supporting slavery and not wasting resources.

[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I bought an HMD Pulse Pro which is also made to be repairable. They have a partnership with ifixit.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

hmd has an awful website. I want information, not random photos and hype

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[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Either this or a fairphone would be an instant buy from me if they were smaller. Modern phones dont fit into my pockets comfortably anymore

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[–] TAG@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The issue with that phone (and seemingly everything coming from HMD) is that it only gets 2 major OS upgrades. Also, it launches a major version behind, so it is actually only a single upgrade.

I am quite upset about it. I had a Nokia 6 (made by HMD) and loved the well made, durable hardware and very clean no-bloat software. I have been saddened to see that while most phone brands have been extending their OS support window, HMD has been shortening it.

[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah, it's definitely not ideal but £110 brand new made me get over it :D

Hopefully they continue the repairability and do something better with the OS in the future.

[–] mikedd@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (5 children)

I 100% agree with the fact that there needs to be more phones you can easily fix but every time I see a headline like "I need a phone I can fix" I can't help but think that y'all are incredibly clumsy and keep breaking your phones far too often 😅

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