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Big cost savings. For myself, I would have no problem popping it open to replace parts. It would be great to get 5-6 (planned) years of use out of a single dev
by meddlin 7y ago
Big cost savings.
For myself, I would have no problem popping it open to replace parts. It would be great to get 5-6 (planned) years of use out of a single device. For family, that I regularly provide "tech support" for, it would be great to repair their phones instead of being beholden to some "bar", on the other side of town, requiring in-person visits/appointments for $100+ repairs.
We could just get it done at the kitchen table.
- rootusrootus 7y agoI think you're setting the bar pretty low. You can get 5 years from an iPhone. Probably from some of the Android flagships as well.
- opencl 7y agoYou won't get 5 years without at minimum replacing the battery, and a large fraction of people will probably end up with a broken screen in that timeframe as well. Of course it's not impossible to replace these parts on a normal phone, but it is significantly easier/cheaper to do on something like the Fairphone. Readily available and easily installable replacement parts are certainly useful for anyone planning on keeping a phone for more than a few years, just like with cars.
- drcongo 7y agoMy daughter's iPhone 5s is 6 years old, still gets well over 24 hours battery life and the screen is perfect and never been replaced.
- LaGrange 7y agoReplacing a battery on a 5S wasn't a problem — literally a trip downstairs and paying €20, if my memory serves me well. Done within 15 minutes. It would be neat if I could do it on my own, but that was good enough for me. And it means I'm on year 6 on this phone, and the lifetime is limited by software upgrades — and not just the OS, but also drivers and firmware.