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I like the idea. The execution, on the other hand, not so much (especially compared to Ara project, from the pictures seen so far). From the animation on FairP

by Fradow 11y ago

I like the idea. The execution, on the other hand, not so much (especially compared to Ara project, from the pictures seen so far). From the animation on FairPhone site, I counted 17 screws and 6 standoff. How many people, who would not even try to repair their phone will find this easy enough to start repairing their phone? For comparison sake, there are 10 screws on a Nexus 5 (according iFixit teardown). Sure, the Nexus 5 (or other smartphone) will be a little harder to repair. But the difference is far from huge, and won't make someone take a FairPhone over another "good enough" smartphone, repairability-wise. The upgrade ability? Sure, it might be nice. But, as the PC market as demonstrated (which has a lot less contraints, too), you can only go so far, until you need to replace the whole thing. Since it's not a well-established project, it's not even a sure-bet you'll still find parts at an affordable price in a few years time. And at that price point, it's not a given that FairPhone + upgrades in a few years costs less than one similar phone now, and a similar to the upgraded in a few years. That leaves social impact and openness principles. That might appeal to part of the geeky crowd (the ones that buys Librem), and social-aware persons, if they are not turned off by the price. Let's see if it's enough to sustain a smartphone line. In the current saturated market, I have some doubts.

zlatan_todoric 11y ago
>From the animation on FairPhone site, I counted 17 screws and 6 standoff. How many people, who would not even try to repair their phone will find this easy enough to start repairing their phone? So we developed into society where 17 screws is such a major problem to deal with it... Also people who wouldn't not even try to repair their phone will not try even if there is no screw. In my opinion such phone should appeal to what you call geeky crowd and from there it should initiate some social change (probably via media such as Internet) where changing 17 screws will not be difficult task but highly rewarding in terms of being human and hardware/cost wise. After that it should spread to people and with it the hardware becomes industrial standard (parts at least) so the price of changing goes down both in cost and finding them.

by Fradow 11y ago

zlatan_todoric 11y ago

>From the animation on FairPhone site, I counted 17 screws and 6 standoff. How many people, who would not even try to repair their phone will find this easy enough to start repairing their phone? So we developed into society where 17 screws is such a major problem to deal with it... Also people who wouldn't not even try to repair their phone will not try even if there is no screw. In my opinion such phone should appeal to what you call geeky crowd and from there it should initiate some social change (probably via media such as Internet) where changing 17 screws will not be difficult task but highly rewarding in terms of being human and hardware/cost wise. After that it should spread to people and with it the hardware becomes industrial standard (parts at least) so the price of changing goes down both in cost and finding them.