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Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves - This sustainable smartphone aims to reduce global electronic waste::In a bid to reduce global electronic waste, Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves. What makes its technology so sustainable?

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

almost like a toyota, outdated and often too expensive for what it can do but will last forever.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean, they're not even that expensive to begin with.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Agreed. They're statement was very subjective, so it's kind of hard to argue with that metric.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You say that but there are Toyotas with 100k miles and 15 years old selling for 4k off MSRP of a brand-new vehicle. Which is to say way above original MSRP.

In pure maintenance consumable items alone - it's a bad deal. It's so a bad deal when you take consideration that new cars can have half the interest rate of a new one.