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Many repair shops will replace your screen and battery for you. It’s pretty standard. You don’t need a Fair phone to do that.
by aurareturn 10mo ago
Many repair shops will replace your screen and battery for you. It’s pretty standard. You don’t need a Fair phone to do that.
- tcfhgj 10mo agoA friend of mine had a broken finger print reader (a few cents online), he couldn't find any repair shop who wanted to repair it (probably because the display would have to removed).
- aurareturn 10mo agoI don't know about Android phones but how often does FaceID/TouchID break? I'd bet it's extremely rare. I personally don't think it's worth it to buy a Fair phone for the extremely low chance that a component breaks and you can't get it repaired.
- benrutter 10mo ago> I personally don't think it's worth it to buy a Fair phone for the extremely low chance that a component breaks and you can't get it repaired. I might be misreading you, but this comes across a little like "that one use case doesn't prove you need a fairphone so don't buy a fairphone". I don't think most people are evaluating tech like that. Only a zealot is going to consider a fairphone as the only option, they probably are looking at a bunch of criteria and options. There's no correct answer to "what phone should I buy?" in a way that could be proven / argued for. I think people here are just saying fairphones have great repairability.
- benrutter 10mo agoThat's true-ish. The repairability of phones varies a lot, with some even having batteries glued into the model. If you're just considering repairability, a fairphone is almost certainly one of your best options. But like you point out, that doesn't mean all other options can't be repaired at all.
- fainpul 10mo agoBut for Fairphone repairs you don't even need a repair shop.