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
Comment on I want a phone I can actually fix, and Fairphone’s record growth shows the world does too
MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I bought an HMD Pulse Pro which is also made to be repairable. They have a partnership with ifixit.
9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
0x0@infosec.pub 1 day ago
Sony is the only available manufacturer of phones that still makes something that feels smaller, albeit only on one plane since theyre just less wide. I really enjoy it, but something even smaller like the z3 compact would be great.
MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
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 £100 new.
ohshittheyknow@lemmynsfw.com 1 day ago
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 21 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.
TAG@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
The issue with that phone (and seemingly everything coming from HMD) is that it only gets 2 major OS upgrades. Also, it launches a major version behind, so it is actually only a single upgrade.
I am quite upset about it. I had a Nokia 6 (made by HMD) and loved the well made, durable hardware and very clean no-bloat software. I have been saddened to see that while most phone brands have been extending their OS support window, HMD has been shortening it.
MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 19 hours ago
Yeah, it’s definitely not ideal but £110 brand new made me get over it :D
Hopefully they continue the repairability and do something better with the OS in the future.
merde@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
hmd has an awful website. I want information not random photos and hype
wtf are these!
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MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Here you go. Both links from the page with “no information”.
Full Specs - www.hmd.com/en_int/hmd-pulse-pro/specs?sku=286946…
Repairability - www.hmd.com/en_int/self-repair
merde@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
that indeed is a clean page that gets to the point