Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.caM to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 19 days agoFairphone open sources software for Fairphone 5, 6, and the Moments switchwww.fairphone.comexternal-linkmessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1333arrow-down12
arrow-up1331arrow-down1external-linkFairphone open sources software for Fairphone 5, 6, and the Moments switchwww.fairphone.comSunshine (she/her)@piefed.caM to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square26linkfedilink
minus-squarepapertowels@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-218 days agoDo you worry about sourcing replacement parts since you’re not in the companies “actual” market? That’s the main thing holding me back. A repairable phone doesn’t bring much if you can’t get parts
minus-squareFjdybank@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-218 days agoI have a spare device at home (an old nexus 5). If I ever render the FP 6 unusable, I can fall back to that while I wait for parts to be shipped from Europe. Ultimately the shipping cost and wait time is the only real hurdle to being outside Europe.
Do you worry about sourcing replacement parts since you’re not in the companies “actual” market?
That’s the main thing holding me back. A repairable phone doesn’t bring much if you can’t get parts
I have a spare device at home (an old nexus 5). If I ever render the FP 6 unusable, I can fall back to that while I wait for parts to be shipped from Europe.
Ultimately the shipping cost and wait time is the only real hurdle to being outside Europe.