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What I want is a frame.work equivalent repairable and parts-replaceable smartphone. I know it's not practical right now because the commodity and consumer-purc
by dmoy 3y ago
What I want is a frame.work equivalent repairable and parts-replaceable smartphone. I know it's not practical right now because the commodity and consumer-purchaseable parts that go into a framework laptop don't exist for a smartphone analog right now, and the phone would probably be unacceptably large for most people. But I'd buy it if I could just replace the flash myself every 3-5 years, battery every 2-3 years, etc, and have security updates.
- bsmith 3y agoWhat's wrong with the Fairphone?
- Uvix 3y agoFairphone is repairable but not upgradable.
- LeonenTheDK 3y agoNot to mention getting one and its parts outside of the EU is difficult and/or expensive. As a North American I'd be happy to hear if this is different now.
- vorpalhex 3y agoFairphone 4 is supposed to come to the US.
- freedomben 3y agoFor people in the US it's not really available. Also phone vs laptop. While there is some overlap, I think of the two as different devices for different use cases.
- dmoy 3y agoCan you replace the flash in a fairphone? (If you can, and at near-cost for the flash itself, then it sounds like I'll try to buy a fairphone)
- dmoy 3y agoDang it looks like you can't. It's soldered into the main module? And they don't sell replacement parts for it. You can only send it back to the company. Which I guess is better than nothing. But also can't seem to figure out how to buy it lol
- timenova 3y agoProject Ara [0] was exactly that, but unfortunately Google shelved the project. It would be really nice to have such a phone though! [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Ara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Ara
- newsclues 3y agoI want a thick and strong chassis, the ability to pick which (camera) sensors are plugged in, standardized Single board computers, and add in batteries. Phones should be DIY projects with Cheap off the shelf components. The PC equivalent.
- 7thaccount 3y agoIf only they would try to make that work. I don't vape, but have noticed those that do seem to take customizing their pens pretty seriously by changing out certain components. I heard someone describe it as like a Jedi building their lightsaber haha. I'd like to do this for a phone for sure, but it'd be hard to get manufactures on board I think.
- lostlogin 3y agolike a Jedi building their lightsaber, but more addictive.
- strangesmells02 3y agoI have a sneaking suspicion it could easily be done but then the big smartphone dealers wouldnt have you captured on the new phone treadmill.