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The Fairphone 5 is less about what comes in the box and more about what you get over the years (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Fairphone’s latest repairable device is for people who hate saying goodbye to an old smartphone more than they like buying a new one.

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

Nokia has decent phones dirt cheap that you can repair yourself, and you can buy spare parts cheap too, and it runs completely vanilla Android, with good multi year upgrade policy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh-7sMEDxyw

My wife has her eye on a Nokia G42, and it has both Micro SD slot and minijack. So you can use a 1TB MicroSD and laugh all the way to the bank at those who bought an S24 Ultra with 128GB 😂 🤪 😆 😜 😋

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

At this point I don't even know what vanilla android looks like lol. I kinda want to get a Nokia

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah. Buy Nokia.

Let's also support European companies over Chinese ones.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Except Nokia isn't European anymore since Microsoft ruined them and sold the brand to the Chinese company HMD Global. You're welcome.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not only is HMD Global not Chinese, they're actually the same Finnish company that people think of as "Nokia". Nokia do a lot more than just phones and they sold their mobile phone arm to Microsoft, who then spun it off as it's own company called HMD who licensed the Nokia name.

If you want to buy from a European brand, HMD/Nokia are worth considering.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Well, shit..you're right. I messed up. I was pretty sure HMD is Chinese. Sorry for the drama, I felt very frustrated with Nokia since the downfall of Lumia. I'll consider it, but looking forward to get the shiftphone 8 when released atm.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I thought hmd was based in Finland?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah that guy is full of shit, their HQ is in Espoo, I've been there.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

You are wrong. HMD is a Finnish company, not Chinese. Apparently it is largely made up of former Nokia employees.

If you're going to be a smart-arse and say things like "you're welcome", maybe you should check the facts first.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

they started manufacturing a specific model in the EU, though much more expensive.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Sadly, Nokia doesn't support custom ROMs. But apart from that, they're great.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

S24U comes with 256GB, not 128

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yes you are right, I just remembered it was small for the price, especially considering it does NOT have micro-SD.