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Is it so hard for a company nowadays to produce average phones in a sustainable way and that are consumer-oriented? I think this is what’s missing: a player th
by mk89 9y ago
Is it so hard for a company nowadays to produce average phones in a sustainable way and that are consumer-oriented?
I think this is what’s missing: a player that simply reads about frustrated users and creates product for them. I am quite sure it won’t be as successful as Apple but not as bad as the last failed company.
I read recently that material costs for a Samsung phone increased of 10% in 5 years. Now, why can’t a phone be sold for 400 usd and be respectful for consumers? I get it that companies live out ot money, but i can’t believe that there is not a single company doing differently!
- chii 9y agoThe problem is that such measures aren't important to the 'average' user, which means your market for such libre phones aren't going to recover the capital costs needed to invest to start-up the operation!
- mk89 9y agoIt would be interesting to have numbers here, because I think that people are becoming more and more aware and tired of buying a 3-400 euro phone every 2 years. What are the improvements these new phones carry along? I have a relatively old phone, but the only features I see with newer phones are the following: - better hardware, like more cpu, more ram, better camera - support for fingerprints - android updates There is actually an alternative, I wasn't aware of it: https://fairphone.com/en/ https://fairphone.com/en/ But hell, no, 2017 and they still offer Android 6.0! And it seems that they are more related to "fairness" in production, etc. It's the "eco" phone which is probably sponsored by green parties :) That's not actually what I meant in the parent comment, where I was asking for a company that produces simply "average" consumer-oriented phones. If these guys do it, why can't another company do the same?