At five years you’re probably going to be disappointed with the battery performance, but how many people are continuing to use a 5-year-old phone?

My brother has a 6+ years old Iphone, my parents both have a 5 years old Samsung Galaxy Phone (S21 and A51). None of them complains.

On top of that, giving the user access to the battery means the phone body can’t be fully sealed against moisture and dust

Do you think computer waterblocks are sealed using glue? They aren’t. Screws and a good old o-ring are all you need to make a repairable AND waterproof phone. But they don’t want a repairable phone, they want you to buy a new one whenever possible.

plus the access panel is a big mechanical weakpoint which means the body will be less rigid than a fully enclosed device and thus more prone to breaking when dropped or sat on.

I dropped my FP5 multiple time. He never broke. My brother IPhone got a shatered back, and he had to replace the screen once for falling from a distance the FP5 just shrug off.

Plus, the addional space required to fit in the replaceable battery casing, the removable access panel and the contact points for the battery means either the whole device will have to be bulkier or the battery will have to be smaller (than it would otherwise be with a permanent internal battery).

True, but ot also don’t have to be the old pogo pin way. Any currently available battery is a removable battery given it is user accessible and isn’t glued to the board.

Today it’s weight and bulk, plus fragility that will probably lead to equivalent or increased e-waste.

I wonder… What would be the biggest e-waste? A dead battery or a dead battery with a whole perfectly functional phone attached to it?

Even with a backup, there are chance they put a “security feature” to prevent downgrade.

Makes sense. But you can offset part of the shipping from the fact that you can easily do the repair yourself.

Another possibility would be the HMD Skyline. Less repairable than Fairphones, but still far easier than most other smartphones. Only 2 years of updates though.

But starting from 2027, a removable battery will be mandatory for all smartphone in the EU, which mean most, if not all smartphone will switch to removable battery. This may also make repair a lot easier.

For being too forward, maybe?

Forward shipping exists.

Hum… So Fairphone ?

Mine often to that too 🥰

If a company making bricks goes under, I’d be pretty worried about the quality of their product.

Alovoa is the name.

Bots everywhere, randomly breaks every other week, accounts may of may not vanish if you looks at the logo the wrong way…

Got a match, conversation was going well, got ghosted. Still no idea why 😅.

You don’t seem to understand how torrents work, or you don’t want to. Third option would be that you aren’t very bright, but I’d refrain to assume that to give you a chance to better explain your stance.

As a Frenchman, I concur. All the nice things we have are thanks to relentless strikes.

Trackpad+buttons on the right, joystick+dpad on the left, maybe ? Sure you loose one trackpad and one joystick in the trade, but technically…

Joke on you, my car is a cargo bike.

Nothing is connected, but at least I move only what’s needed, but a fuckton a steel just to get my ass slightly faster to my destination.

The regular UI looks like out of the 10’s, maybe earlier. And god that default color scheme is awful.

Not to buy it?

Some Warframe vibes, but let’s see how it goes.

Sound like a very interesting concept. 😃

I didn’t get any error. Probably just overwhelmed by new users 😆

Most high tech chips are made in Taiwan, or some other asian countries. China cannot make them because they’d need lithography machines that are under US sanctions.