The iPhone SE is dead, and with it, the compact smartphone as a mainstream product. What happened?
  • mesaEnglish
    0•1 month ago

    I want a repairable phone. A phone where I can replace the battery

      • NaibofTabrEnglish
        0•1 month ago

        I really wanted to buy the Fairphone 5, but they don’t ship replacement parts to where I live which makes the entire concept pointless.

          • NaibofTabrEnglish
            0•1 month ago

            OK, so that’s a possibility, but when you start adding a ~$30 fee on top of the cost of the part and shipping from Fairphone you’re looking at about $100 per repair, which stops making sense pretty quickly. You’re better off spending a little more money on a good device that is dust- and moisture-sealed and taking care of it for a few years.

            • DremorEnglish
              0•1 month ago

              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.

              • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashedEnglish
                -1•1 month ago

                For the US, its not just shipping, but also an import fee on top of that, since the De Minimis rule just got overturned by the trump administration.

          • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashedEnglish
            -1•1 month ago

            Yea, but with the De Minimis rule overturned by the trump administration, importing it to the US is gonna have import fees. And also a lot of fees for each part you import, making the whole “repairability” thing pointless as it cost so much.

    • @[email protected]English
      0•1 month ago

      And screen. And buttons.

      I also want something that’s supported more than 3 years so there’s a point to repairing it. Ideally, support should come from the community so it can be infinite as long as someone is willing to do the work.