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With 5 years of OS support and 8 years of security update. Related threads: https://lemmy.world/post/4130880 https://lemmy.world/post/4129394 https://feddit.nl/post/2555704
minus-squareChewylinkfedilink4•2 years agoFair wages for the people making the phone is also a selling point of this phone. It’s not just about repairability. That said I’m also not writing this from a Fairphone, because the price is too high for me.
minus-squarelol3droflxplinkfedilink1•2 years agoThat may be true but how are they guaranteeing this on a component level? As far as I know, they use off the shelf stuff so they only have assembly wages. And that doesn’t justify the price imo.
Fair wages for the people making the phone is also a selling point of this phone. It’s not just about repairability.
That said I’m also not writing this from a Fairphone, because the price is too high for me.
That may be true but how are they guaranteeing this on a component level? As far as I know, they use off the shelf stuff so they only have assembly wages. And that doesn’t justify the price imo.