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I don’t get it, what’s the point in having removable back, screws, screwdrivers if you cannot remove and replace the parts.
This is exactly what I was thinking.
I’ve been planning on getting a fairphone next, and didn’t know they had a competitor, and then after watching the review realized they didn’t have a competitor.
goes to show how it only needs to look rugged and repairable
So you can change the colour of your phone.
features with a high degree of customizability - you can swap out the back cover, and also attach things like a lanyard.
Ooooh, a lanyard strap… That’s the sort of right to repair we’ve all been after.
/s
It’s so silly. The back is removable with just a couple of standard screws. But the battery isn’t replaceable.
I have only ever had phones go bad on me due to broken screen, broken battery or lack of software updates. They aldo clearly know this.
FINALLY 😍
I was kinda hoping a modular phone would have a headphone jack module of some sort.
Non-removable battery and lanyard strap is enough I guess…
☹️ no nfc
Yeah this surprised me. Is NFC payment not common in India?
Nah, india has UPI which uses QR codes.
Madness!
Why?
Even a low-end phone comes with a good enough camera for QR which means wider adoption, you need a higher tier phone for NFC.
We have a similar system in my country and I believe we copy it from India, it works and is convenient.
Why
Because 0 security
What? Payments are obviously going to be secure.
QR codes cannot contain enough data to put cryptographic keys.
Lol what?
What is nfc?
Near field communication - it’s an antenna that sits inside the back case and let’s your phone interact with payment terminals and the like that support it.
You can add your tap and pay card to your phone and tap your phone instead.
… you could just put your card on the back of the phone too
The phone can support multiple cards, eg credit cards and transit. Those readers usually won’t work if you stack two cards together.
And biometric pin
NFC payments are more secure than card payments.
Thank you
Tbh I have an ipod classic and I don’t use it as much as I would like even having a good set of cans because the wire becomes annoying to me after short time so I’m actually going to mod it to add Bluetooth
we should be asking for nvme at this point
If people are buying this instead of other repair-oriented brands like Fairphone, then they’re not concerned about repairability but price.
I’d love to buy a Fairphone. But sadly it is behind in so many features,that I simply can’t.
-no water proof (sadly a requirement in my profession)
-no wireless charging (why? just why? There is no good reason for them to not include that, especially as it is finally adopted by a lot of spaces, e.g. in airline seats,etc.)
- mediocre camera
I counted the days towards Fairphone releasing the featureset of the Fairphone 5 and was so disappointed.
I am up for other recommendations, though.The first person to name google will be downvoted,though. I literally wrote my lawyer yesterday as they are treating service cases in a illegal manner.
Waterproof and repairability are really at odds.
They really aren’t: it’s just going to add a little thickness, weight, and cost to the phone. Screws and gaskets aren’t exactly rocket science.
Yeah,but it’s possible - maybe not everything,but for a lot of components it is possible.
pc watercooling blocks are mostly just orings sandwiched in grooved plates and screwed together. leaks are usually elsewhere. hardest part would probably be accomodating ports. we could even be totally cursed and make it wireless charging and bt audio only and fully seal it and have no speakers.
Fairphone isn’t available in many parts of the world. CMF’s sales are boosted a lot by it’s presence in India where Fairphone is not an option.
They could be concerned about both.
It is the phone everyone deserves but should not be the one you want. It only creates more waste without being reparable.
I don’t understand the point of this phone. Why are idiots flocking to it?
Cheap?
There’s no shortage of cheap devices from other well known brands though?
I haven’t seen any flocking. And idiots certainly still have their regular brands.
I mean, 100k phones is quite a few phones…
