who gives a fuck about replacing shit when you get only 3 years of security updates out of this throw away phone
This is a great idea.
If it doesn’t have a blue text people wont use it.
It’s not waterproof. Shits going to “break” demanding repair at unneeded high levels. :(
I don’t know a single water proof device. Water resistant sure, meaning that a splash or a drop won’t kill it and its easily fixable if it does, but not water proof. Just dont get water on your device its not hard
If you get caught in heavy rain, its broken - every module will need repair.
Every other phone on the market for years now can survive a drop in a pool. They want to sell these modules…
And it ain’t going to change a thing as the vast majority of phones are thrown away not because they break but because they are old. I had a Samsung Note 3 that I used for about 7 years and the reason I replaced it wasn’t because it broke but because it was slow, old and apps were starting to not support it.
The reality is that the most e-waste is still perfectly functional, they end up in e-waste is because they are old, slow, power inefficient, etc. Most people focus on the things that failed on them because it’s frustrating and annoying that your expensive thing no longer works but we never think of the substantially more devices that we no longer use simply because we wanted something newer.
adding that people have a preference for very thin, sleek phones, which are difficult to take apart.
Not here, the bulkier the better. First thing my phone gets is a otterbox slapped on it
You should get a CAT phone. Sounds perfect for you.
Maybe down the road. Had looked into that in the past and biggest issue is android. I’ve had some android devices in the past and helped a friend with a S22, ugh… It’s still a unpolished mess compared to apple. Which is a shame as the apple “lock down/walled garden” is annoying, but at least you can get through a day without running outlet to outlet or fighting with remote printing
They removed the headphone jack the same generation that they started making unrepeatable Bluetooth earbuds
Sounds like a “pay us to go away” ad to get lobbyist attention 😂
A friend of mine works in IT where people ask him to fix their excel because when it opens up there is this notification that they always have to click away. That notification is an update message. People on the bigger scale are too stupid for this to make even the slightest impact.
The phone itself is an ewaste tho - repairable or not.
I love how this news comes out like… just days after I get my new phone.
Then again, Nothing Phone is a hell of a cool gimmick… and I am swayed by simple gimmicks.
planned obsolescence at the component level. exciting
Having had a Fairphone for years, yes, the concept is good, but where the company really fails is quality control. Every other software update they pushed majorly broke something.
That’s my fear. I got burned enough by good hardware with trash software. Nothing more frustrating.
What broke me ultimately was when they pushed an update that broke bluetooth. Kept using the phone (FP3) til the USB-C port died (again…) and then got a different one.
Sounds just like OnePlus.
They brand themselves as “something different.” So, while the hardware and quality of their physical phones are amazing, the software updates are straight trash.
Overly issues where tapping one thing triggers the the icon behind it. Spelling errors. Same options repeated in different menus. Removing several options from the vanilla android for no reason. Notification bugs. Android auto bugs. And so many other tiny things that really get on your nerves.
My 8 pro was amazing when I bought it. Then Android 13 update came and it ruined this phone for me. It’s still blazing fast and has a really solid hardware, but the software side is amateur hour.
Side note: why did Google keyboard suggest “blonde” and “girl” after I typed amateur? I’ve never searched for those words for porn in my life. Wtf google?
This is a great idea. The execution is dumb af tho. I own multiple phone repair shops and we get customers with these every once in a while, even though they should be able to fix them themselves. These phones are more of a budget, mid-tier, low build quality and bad material choice option amongst other phones. They are not competitive at all, there is no real reason to choose a Fairphone over some Samsung or other Android phone for the same price. It gives no incentive, is not a good deal whatsoever and the fucking things still break out of nowhere after 2 years.
Don’t we see this post every few years, with “(X phone brand) makes repairable modular phone”, it turns out expensive, very limited, and very unpopular, or they only make five of them basically, and then it disappears into air and we do it all again a few tears later? Same thing with laptops, really.
I’d love to see a brand actually manage it, but I’m out of hope for it ever actually going anywhere.