Hey now, you’re looking at this all wrong: if you break your phone because you didn’t have a case on, it should be easily fixable! ;-)
Comment on Ifixit gives fairphone 5 a 10/10 on repairability and maintanence
v81@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I like the Fairphone 5 but €40 for a case is unforgivable.
I’m feeling like it’s a gouge because they know not many (if any) 3rd party cases exist.
DannyMac@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Neon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I have a FP5 and honestly:
You don’t want a case. Seriously.
Just get one of the Screen Protectors and you’re good to go.
Syndic@feddit.de 11 months ago
I have just recently bought a FP5 as well and I wouldn’t trust myself without it. Without a case it’s pretty slippery. And just because it’s easy to repair the screen doesn’t mean I risk it getting broken. So the 34 Euro I paid definitely was worth it.
I feared that the fingerprint reader would be hard to reach with it, but luckily it works pretty well. A slight touch is enough to unlock it.
Neon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s why i put on a screen protector. It protects the screen, realistically the only external part that matters, and doesn’t really bulk the phone.
Mango@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’ve never in my life wanted a case. What’s the point?
Bahnd@lemmy.world 11 months ago
When i got my FP4 I 3D printed my case with some flexable filament. Once the price went town (and the first case was full of full of dirt and dog food) I bought a cheaper one.
Aleric@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Hitting the dirt and dog food goal really is the biggest factor for case replacement in my house.
Bahnd@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yah, it was a bad print with very porous layers, but it worked… For a while
GoodEye8@lemm.ee 11 months ago
If you look at other recyclable or sustainable phone cases it’s not actually that much expensive. It seems unreasonably priced if you compare them to cases that are not at all eco friendly.
v81@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I have already made that comparison, and still have found it double the price of other cases that you describe.