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Comment by aurareturn

9 hours ago

Many repair shops will replace your screen and battery for you. It’s pretty standard. You don’t need a Fair phone to do that.

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tcfhgj  8 hours ago

A friend of mine had a broken finger print reader (a few cents online), he couldn't find any repair shop who wanted to repair it (probably because the display would have to removed).

  • aurareturn  8 hours ago

    I don't know about Android phones but how often does FaceID/TouchID break? I'd bet it's extremely rare.

    I personally don't think it's worth it to buy a Fair phone for the extremely low chance that a component breaks and you can't get it repaired.

    • benrutter  7 hours ago

      > I personally don't think it's worth it to buy a Fair phone for the extremely low chance that a component breaks and you can't get it repaired.

      I might be misreading you, but this comes across a little like "that one use case doesn't prove you need a fairphone so don't buy a fairphone".

      I don't think most people are evaluating tech like that. Only a zealot is going to consider a fairphone as the only option, they probably are looking at a bunch of criteria and options.

      There's no correct answer to "what phone should I buy?" in a way that could be proven / argued for. I think people here are just saying fairphones have great repairability.

benrutter  7 hours ago

That's true-ish. The repairability of phones varies a lot, with some even having batteries glued into the model.

If you're just considering repairability, a fairphone is almost certainly one of your best options. But like you point out, that doesn't mean all other options can't be repaired at all.