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When I couldn't repair my Nokia and replace the 5 € USB-Port because there happened to be a small crack in the screen (of course you have to remove the glued on screen to accese the innards), I caved and bought a Fairphone 3.
Worst decision ever. The stupid thing refuses to break to let me even use the better repairability.
you got me
almost like a toyota, outdated and often too expensive for what it can do but will last forever.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.
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.
I mean, they're not even that expensive to begin with.
Agreed. They're statement was very subjective, so it's kind of hard to argue with that metric.
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.
Can confirm, nothing broke yet :(
I was so ready to go hard on this comment, you got me there pal.
Ironically Nokia* now make highly repairable phones** again
* Specifically, the company that bought the Nokia Phones brand
** Only their G series
I had the same thing with the FP2. I even got a cheap spare one from ebay to use for spares. Both are still fine. One is now an alarm clock and the other one is a gps for my bike