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I’ve a fairphone 3 which had a faulty bottom-part (the microphone/charging module).

After a drop in water, the faulty part was completely broken so I tried to order one from their shop.

This part has been "out-of-stock" for more than two years now. I’ve a repairable smartphone that I can’t repair. Meanwhile, the FP4 and the FP5 replaced the FP3.

So much for trying to "not consume".

I hate Apple but my wife manage to keep her iphones 3/4 years each.



Would you continue to choose the fairphone 3 if parts were readily available? It seems that the modularity/repairability reduces reliability relative to the iPhone.

My iPhone mini 13 is a tank possibly even more than the Nokias that I've had.


Curious, did you try reaching out to them? This goes against everything they stand for, I would expect they would go to great lengths to fix this.


An iPhone can easily last twice as long if you treat it well, at least as far as the hardware is concerned.




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