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Fairphone 4—the repairable, sustainable smartphone—is coming to the US
(arstechnica.com)
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Has anyone tried using it? What was your experience?
The phone is such a good idea, I really hope it is compatible with carriers here in Canada.
Honestly, just last night I was trying to replace the battery in an old Samsung phone, an A5. (For my son to play with, for making lego stop motions, videos etc.) So I bought a battery and repair kit. How hard could it be?
I'm sure it was designed to never be repaired or opened. Replacing the battery required me to totally dismantle my phone, then hopefully reassemble correctly. However the whole thing was so filled with glue and this proved to be impossible.
It was a really nice little phone. So ticked off with how stupid and disposable the design ended up being.
I purchased the Fairphone 4 a couple of months ago to use in Canada. It works great with my carrier here.
The phone I purchased runs stock Android, not the /e/ OS. And yeah, it's super easy to open up and repair. I purchased an extra battery and an extra camera module. I have no idea what stock will be like 5, 6, or 7 years from now, but that's how long I typically run each of my phones before switching to something new and I wanted to make sure I could keep the thing running regardless of how the company performs.