What does a sustainable smartphone look like?
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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?

  • squirrelwithnut@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    1 year ago

    My wife and I got new phones earlier this year, because her battery wasn’t holding a charge anymore. The FP5 looked awesome and had everything we wanted, but they won’t release it in the US. So we were stuck with the usual suspects. I understand why FP can’t bring all of their stuff here, but it still sucks.

    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 year 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.

      • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        My current phone is 5 years old. Could use a battery (which I can buy for $10). It runs faster than any phone in my circle (running a fork of Lineage, currently Android 13, and it will get the update to 14 any day now).

        No reason phones can’t last a long time.

        Oh, and I paid $100 for this phone, so I have 3 them, one for testing and one as a hot spare, and still spent less than buying new.

      • mememuseum@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year 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.

        • BrowseManEnglish
          1·
          1 year 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…