Page 1 of The Fairphone

sounds a great concept, looks ok, read about it at distrowatch
http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20170213#news

where ubuntu phone comes up now and again

Quote:
The Fairphone is a development effort to create a modular phone where individual pieces of the phone can be repaired or upgraded. This allows the owner of the Fairphone to upgrade or modify their phone rather than regularly purchasing a new device

https://www.fairphone.com/

Quote:
[quote]Tech specs

5-inch Full HD LCD screen
Android™ 5.1 Lollipop
Qualcomm® quad core processor
4G LTE, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth®
32 GB memory, expandable with SD card

Fair specs
Modular, open and easy to repair
Improving the supply chain with social values
Conflict-free minerals and recycled materials

however the price...
https://shop.fairphone.com/en/buy-fairphone2-2/


SPOILER:
523.33 Euro equals 444.59 British Pound

now, I'm all for saving the world, I buy fair trade coffee etc, I keep my phones until they die, but that's crazy :(

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This item was edited on Monday, 13th February 2017, 13:05

Oof. :(
If I was going to spend that much on a phone that isn't an iPhone, it better be as good as my iPhone. :(

Selling a product at a premium price makes sense if it has some unique selling features, but I'm not sure being repairable is enough of a unique feature. If the parts are cheap enough to repair, why is the whole phone that much?

The thing about Apple is they also make the OS, so part of your phone cost is because of the software development costs. You can't say that about any Android phone, it's free!
Specs feel meaningless with phones these days. I'm pretty sure you could buy some awful chinese phone for £100 that sounded like it had similar specs to that.

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I'm happy with my £30 Chinese phone(Doogee x3) :) Although i dropped it and the screen cracked, I bought a replacement screen, but I got scared when I took the phone apart, i can't quite work out how to get the last connection to come apart! Not sure if I take it into one of those "pop up" phone shops if they'll fix like they do for all the standard makes :)

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This item was edited on Monday, 13th February 2017, 13:52