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Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves - This sustainable smartphone aims to reduce global electronic waste (www.bbc.com)

submitted 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] RedTie13@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I feel like I still want a phone that is repairable but also upgradeable. Slowly being able to swap in a better screen, better camera, and a new mainboard when it's time to upgrade.

[–] projectsquared@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

The Google Ara was supposed to be exactly this. I think it has since been abandoned. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Ara#:~:text=Google%20planned%20to%20launch%20a,planned%20consumer%20launch%20in%202017.

[–] Adanisi@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I think the Pinephone/Pinephone Pro has this functionality.

It's still very much a developer's device, though. It isn't ready for widespread use.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago

Yes I'm very disappointed the the FP4 looks almost the same as the FP4 but isn't backwards compatible in the slightest... I was looking forward to upgrade my screen.