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

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?

  • gigachad@feddit.deEnglish
    421·
    1 year ago

    It’s a great thing, and I hope the industry (with motivation by EU) will follow a trend towards repairability and sustainability. However I think the most sustainable way is buying used devices.

    • nottheengineer@feddit.deEnglish
      37·
      1 year ago

      Unfortunately you need something with long firmware and software support. Qualcomm is your enemy, they stop updating the firmware of their chips after about two years and that’s why android phones often stop getting updates less than 2 years after you buy them.

      • gigachad@feddit.deEnglish
        241·
        1 year ago

        That’s true. I use LineageOS to get at least OS updates, but firmware is definitely problematic. I just wished mobile hardware would be more generic like in Desktop PCs, that would solve a lot of problems.

        • __ghost__@lemmy.mlEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          Let’s go back to thicc boi phones like the 80s and we could have some pretty sick homebrew options

          Or hell, why not a modern bucket phone? Build it out in a box with a Bluetooth headset and 3.5mm passthrough

        • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          We need a phone equivalent of the 80’s BIOS wars.

          But it’s not in anyone’s best interest to spend the resources to develop a standardized hardware interface. Though at this point you’d think it would be straightforward to use UEFI.

    • echo64@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      1 year ago

      Used devices still break and end in landfills, though, used might be better than new for carbon output today, but repairable is gonna win out in that regard long term