Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves - This sustainable smartphone aims to reduce global electronic waste::In a bid to reduce global electronic waste, Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves. What makes its technology so sustainable?

  • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I’m the US… Literally a new phone every one or two years.

    If you’re thrifty like me, it’s every four years. And watch as that phone suffers from bad battery life, then incredible slowdown, then apps not updating/working, or worst… your phone provider refuses to support your device any longer. You Feel forced to upgrade your perfectly workable mobile device.

    We pay a subscription fee for both the service AND the hardware.

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      11 months ago

      I’m still rocking my Galaxy S8. Gonna use it till the battery is toast.

      I’ll get occasional hangups and stuff but it’s definitely useable still.

      • BrowseMan@sh.itjust.works
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        11 months ago

        Same here. However the lack of security update + battery life ans slowness is pushing me toward a new phone.

        A shame, it’s still in good condition. And that small form factor is becoming more and more rare…