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Not arguing with you, but asking: have you compared the price of the cheapest iPhone + AppleCare with the price of a corresponding Fairphone plus the cost of pa

• Scandiravian 3y ago
  Yes. The Fairphone wins hands down. The cheapest iPhone has six years of remaining software updates and cost approximately $590 where I live. Thats a little more than $98 per year Apple care+ is approximately $40 per year plus another $80 for each repair due to "accidents" (unless it's the screen or case in which case it's $30) That's a minimum cost of $138 per year if I don't suffer any malfunctions or accidents The Fairphone is approximately $750 with at least 8 years of support. That's a minimum cost of $93.75 per year. That means that I'd have to crack my screen every 18 months or so for the iPhone to be more price competitive. Given that I've never cracked a screen that seems highly unlikely For the battery I can replace it every 11 months and still spend less money with the Fairphone (plus I get to keep the old battery as a backup) Any other part breaking is a massive expense on the iPhone. Not including the screen, every spare part for the Fairphone is less than the service fee with apple care If Fairphone ends up providing 10 years of support for the device, that just pushes the math even more in its favour And all that is not even considering that the Fairphone comes with a 5 year warranty which would already cover any non-accident/wear+tear malfunctions
• callalex 3y ago
  I’m going to butt in and say that yes, I agree with you that Fairphone hasn’t completely succeeded in the goals they have set out. The price is definitely still a problem, but at least they are trying.