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bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

When I couldn’t repair my Nokia and replace the 5 € USB-Port because there happened to be a small crack in the screen (of course you have to remove the glued on screen to accese the innards), I caved and bought a Fairphone 3.

Worst decision ever. The stupid thing refuses to break to let me even use the better repairability.

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whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
you got me

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KpntAutismus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
almost like a toyota, outdated and often too expensive for what it can do but will last forever.

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- EatATaco@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  
  too expensive for what it can do but will last forever
  
  As far as I’m concerned, this is contradictory; if something is going to last forever, and not ridiculously overpriced, then it’s worth the premium.
  
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  - KpntAutismus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    i think it’s worth the price, but some people don’t think as far. they just compare specs and say “this chinesium phone scores 2 points better in some benchmark and costs 200€” not knowing why it’s that cheap in the first place. old toyotas are still worth something for a reason.
    
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  - pastermil@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I mean, they’re not even that expensive to begin with.
    
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    EatATaco@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Agreed. They’re statement was very subjective, so it’s kind of hard to argue with that metric.
    
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  - Patches@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    You say that but there are Toyotas with 100k miles and 15 years old selling for 4k off MSRP.
    
    In pure maintenance consumable items alone - it’s a bad deal.
    
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Azzu@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Can confirm, nothing broke yet :(

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Grabbels@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I was so ready to go hard on this comment, you got me there pal.

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Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I had the same thing with the FP2. I even got a cheap spare one from ebay to use for spares. Both are still fine. One is now an alarm clock and the other one is a gps for my bike

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brisk@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Ironically Nokia* now make highly repairable phones** again

* Specifically, the company that bought the Nokia Phones brand

** Only their flagships series

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