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I want a phone I can actually fix, and Fairphone’s record growth shows the world does too (www.androidcentral.com)
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[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I bought an HMD Pulse Pro which is also made to be repairable. They have a partnership with ifixit.

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Either this or a fairphone would be an instant buy from me if they were smaller. Modern phones dont fit into my pockets comfortably anymore

[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah, i'd love a Fairphone but it's 5 times the price of the HMD and I just don't care that much for processing power or the camera. I just use my phone for messaging, playing music, banking and sudoku.

I bought the Pulse for £110 new.

[–] ohshittheyknow@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah but HDM only offers 2 years of OS upgrades according to their own specs page. Fairphone offers 8 years. They have to get the software as well as the hardware.

[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

Yeah, there's no doubt the Fairphone is a better phone. There's definitely issues with the HMD. I don't think the Fairphone is 5 times better though.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

hmd has an awful website. I want information, not random photos and hype

wtf are these!
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[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Here you go. Both links from the page with "no information".

Full Specs - https://www.hmd.com/en_int/hmd-pulse-pro/specs?sku=286946224

Repairability - https://www.hmd.com/en_int/self-repair

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 2 points 20 hours ago

that indeed is a clean page that gets to the point