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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?

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[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Actually, they do.

The Fairphone 3 was upgradable to the Fairphone 3+ by buying spare parts like the camera and installing them yourself.

The thing is that phones don't really need upgrades.

[–] jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev 15 points 2 years ago

phones don't really need upgrades

Huh??? I went through 4 phones during the lifespan of my last PC

[–] hh93@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

The main upgrade they need is the processor because the companies making those are not supporting newer Android-Versions and at some point that becomes a security-issue.

Problem is that replacing the processor to a newer generation usually means the whole mainboard is obsolete, too and then is very quickly doesn't become easy to upgrade anymore

just switching between different types of cameras, screens etc. wouldn't be as big of a problem but that's also not part of the main-problem either