Looking to replace and iPhone 11 Needs to be repairable Able to text people with WhatsApp or other third party apps Able to play music with a local mp3 player Headphone jack
Looking to replace and iPhone 11 Needs to be repairable Able to text people with WhatsApp or other third party apps Able to play music with a local mp3 player Headphone jack
AFAIK the fairphone is the only phone on the market that is explicitly designed to be user repairable. It doesn’t have a headphone Jack, though.
Fairphone user here. USB-C to 3.5mm to the rescue! Can even get the one with charging port.
Yep. But a mobile device will never really be BIFL. Too many sacrifices in form factor, and software / hardware move too fast to practically stay on one device for more than 5-7 years IMHO.
This BIFL community does not require that something literally last forever, just that it be more durable and lasting than other objects in the same category.
That’s totally fair. In that spirit I’d look to Fairphone first for certain.
My fairphone was 5 years old when I bought it second hand, see no reason it can’t last more than 0-2 more years.
The main question is when does it stop getting security updates. Obviously if you’re using a custom ROM that concern is lessened.
https://www.fairphone.com/software-longevity
My last android was abandoned by it’d manufacturer by the time I walked out the shop. I’ll just go without updates if I have to.
Nokia brick?
The old ones don’t work on modern network deployments. But yeah they last much longer.
Since finding out about over ear headphones I have been less bothered with wireless. They are far more secure, even cycling around not once had them fall off.