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People can just buy a Fairphone if they want one with a detachable battery. It is however bulkier, heavier and not waterproof.

• dTal 4y ago
  Swappable with the aid of a screwdriver != detachable
  • mmastrac 4y ago
    My fairphone battery is removable with no screwdrivers whatsoever.
    • dTal 4y ago
      Of course, I was obviously unclear. My point was it is also possible to design a phone which is waterproof, thin etc and also has a battery which is replaceable with a screwdriver. There is a wide margin between "field swappable battery" (which I do actually like, but accept it comes with some compromise) and glued shut like iPhones are. My (unpopular) comment was merely an attempt to point out the false dichotomy; you don't need to buy a FairPhone just to avoid this practice - my Unihertz Titan, an obscure Chinese phone with IP67 waterproofing, has four magnificently large philips-head screws up the edges.
• thg 4y ago
  I guess it's only bulkier because it's made up of several user-replaceable components. The Fairphone 2 is a lot smaller and lighter than the FP3, though. My boss has a FP2 and my FP3 is really quite a monster compared to his. Regarding buying one: Only us Europeans can actually do that since it's not available anywhere else.
• speeder 4y ago
  No they can't just buy a fair phone. I want one and they are not allowed in my country.