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Fairphone CEO says it’s a ‘myth’ that sustainable tech has to cost more and be of lower quality: ‘Neither is needed’ (www.techradar.com)

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[-] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 89 points 1 day ago

Where's that headphone jack boyo?

[-] fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

Yeah I'm still stuck with my LG V30 and refuse to upgrade because the DAC + Jack is soo good.

[-] Sunshine@piefed.social 8 points 17 hours ago

We need a return the headphone jack movement, it makes me glad I still use my pixel 3a for Ubuntu Touch.

[-] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 19 points 1 day ago

Sorry, the phone doesn't have a headphone jack?

[-] Voyajer@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They removed it 2 models ago

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[-] RedRibbonArmy@sh.itjust.works 12 points 18 hours ago

HMD has done a decent job with their recent phones at making them user repairable.

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[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago

Why is the fairphone more expensive than comparable hardware, then?

[-] neo2478@sh.itjust.works 49 points 22 hours ago

A lot of it is also economies of scale and full control of the supply chain. The unethical behavior is to squeeze as much profit as possible.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 19 hours ago

Each new Fairphone is increasingly more custom whereas the first ones used more stock parts. When you order elections from China, manufacturers might refuse to make custom parts for a small room, or charge a lot for it.

[-] schubidubiduba@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 17 hours ago

Is the Fairphone 6 really significantly more expensive still?

[-] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 8 points 16 hours ago

I don't think it is. In the UK its price and specs seem pretty on par with the Pixel 9a

[-] kepix@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

cause its marketed towards richer westeners who cant even unlock a phone

[-] Grimtuck@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Then tell us your failure rates and prove it.

[-] Grimtuck@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

I can see I'm being down voted so let me explain in more detail. There is a serious problem in the industry where failure rates are not being considered in regards to how environmentally sound a device is. Some manufacturers have historically very low failure rates and while others are very high.

There needs to be a lot more visibility of this as a high repair rate will absolutely kill any positive environmental impact these phones have. So tell us what you're repair rates are.

Of course, if you genuinely want to help the environment stop getting new phones or buy secondhand.

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