How Fairphone built the Fairphone Gen 6+
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How Fairphone built the Fairphone Gen 6+
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Re: How Fairphone built the Fairphone Gen 6+
#2I have a Fairphone 5, chose that mainly because of repairability. :)
Re: How Fairphone built the Fairphone Gen 6+
#3The new $650 Fairphone Gen 6+ is designed both for longevity and easy repairability.
I applaud the concept but to see how well this actually holds up in the real world, let's check the Fairphone web site.
Where are the parts to repair any version prior to Gen 6? I don't see them listed anywhere.
So it would appear that "longevity" is actually pretty limited.
Re: How Fairphone built the Fairphone Gen 6+
#4Great what they are doing - yet I found Shiftphone to be also fair, equally or better repairable and even more open for alternative Operating Systems. I think Fairphone supports 2 OSes officially, Shiftphone has a whole custom ROM list of ~10.
Re: How Fairphone built the Fairphone Gen 6+
#5The new $650 Fairphone Gen 6+ is designed both for longevity and easy repairability. I applaud the concept but to see how well this actually holds up in the real world, let's check the Fairphone web site. Where are the parts to repair any version prior to Gen 6? I don't see them listed anywhere. So it would appear that "longevity" is actually pretty limited.
It's in shop --> "all parts" (under the "spare parts" header)
Here are the ones for the fairphone 4: https://www.fairphone.com/shop/category/spare-parts-4?catego...
I however couldn't find the ones for the fairphone 3. The fairphone 4 is from 2021, which is not that old.
Re: How Fairphone built the Fairphone Gen 6+
#6The new $650 Fairphone Gen 6+ is designed both for longevity and easy repairability. I applaud the concept but to see how well this actually holds up in the real world, let's check the Fairphone web site. Where are the parts to repair any version prior to Gen 6? I don't see them listed anywhere. So it would appear that "longevity" is actually pretty limited.
Fairphone 4 (2021) parts: https://www.fairphone.com/shop/category/spare-parts-4?catego...
Fairphone 5 (2023) parts: https://www.fairphone.com/shop/category/spare-parts-4?catego...
Parts for the Fairphone 2 (2015) and Fairphone 3 (2019) aren't available anymore, but I suppose that's not all that surprising after 11 respective 7 years.
Afair, they started running out of some Fairphone 3 spare parts around 2024 and kept the ones they still had for warranty repairs. Source: I own one (and switched to the Fairphone 6 early this year).
Re: How Fairphone built the Fairphone Gen 6+
#7The new $650 Fairphone Gen 6+ is designed both for longevity and easy repairability. I applaud the concept but to see how well this actually holds up in the real world, let's check the Fairphone web site. Where are the parts to repair any version prior to Gen 6? I don't see them listed anywhere. So it would appear that "longevity" is actually pretty limited.
A simple Google search showed they are right here: https://www.fairphone.com/spare-parts
Re: How Fairphone built the Fairphone Gen 6+
#8The new $650 Fairphone Gen 6+ is designed both for longevity and easy repairability. I applaud the concept but to see how well this actually holds up in the real world, let's check the Fairphone web site. Where are the parts to repair any version prior to Gen 6? I don't see them listed anywhere. So it would appear that "longevity" is actually pretty limited.
This is a good point. Ifixit has guides for all the phones, but it reports that none of the replacement parts are actually sold in the United States.
https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Fairphone
Reminds me of the cold steel throwing axe that I bought that specifically has replaceable handles in case you break one. No one actually sells the handles though!
Re: How Fairphone built the Fairphone Gen 6+
#9The new $650 Fairphone Gen 6+ is designed both for longevity and easy repairability. I applaud the concept but to see how well this actually holds up in the real world, let's check the Fairphone web site. Where are the parts to repair any version prior to Gen 6? I don't see them listed anywhere. So it would appear that "longevity" is actually pretty limited.
It's in shop --> "all parts" (under the "spare parts" header) Here are the ones for the fairphone 4: https://www.fairphone.com/shop/category/spare-parts-4?catego... I however couldn't find the ones for the fairphone 3. The fairphone 4 is from 2021, which is not that old.
So "longevity" is actually about 5 years. Or less if you live in the USA.
Re: How Fairphone built the Fairphone Gen 6+
#10Not an expert, but I recently heard that apparently not everything is perfect in fairphone land: https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/24134-devices-lacking-stand...