Two years after the previous generation, Fairphone introduced the Fairphone 5 with numerous upgrades to the hardware and tweaks to the design to fit the...
Seriously, what’s “sustainable” about a one off phone, that most people have never heard of, that you won’t be able to get your replacement parts for in another couple years, assuming theyre even still making them?
I know sustainable is a buzz word talking point these days, but c’mon. I’m all for the free market, competition, and everything built not coming from China, but at some point reaility needs to be part of the equation.
It’s still easy to get parts for Fairphone 4 and most parts (some out of stock, unclear if permanently) for Fairphone 3, and some parts for Fairphone 2.
And how is fairphone supposed to get people to hear about the phones without making the phone in the first place?
And it isn’t really a one off since they have made 5 different phone models and some other stuff in the last decade.
They also support their phones software for a relatively long time.
Seriously, what’s “sustainable” about a one off phone, that most people have never heard of, that you won’t be able to get your replacement parts for in another couple years, assuming theyre even still making them?
I know sustainable is a buzz word talking point these days, but c’mon. I’m all for the free market, competition, and everything built not coming from China, but at some point reaility needs to be part of the equation.
It’s still easy to get parts for Fairphone 4 and most parts (some out of stock, unclear if permanently) for Fairphone 3, and some parts for Fairphone 2.
And how is fairphone supposed to get people to hear about the phones without making the phone in the first place?
And it isn’t really a one off since they have made 5 different phone models and some other stuff in the last decade.
They also support their phones software for a relatively long time.
If you know nothing about the fairphone just say that