Don't know much about the company but I am a proponent
(in general) of FIY
https://www.wired.com/story/you-can-finally-buy-a-fairphone-a- sustainable-repairable-smartphone-in-the-us/
Aug 18, 2026
You Can Finally Buy a Fairphone?a Sustainable, Repairable
Smartphone?in the US
More than a decade after launching in Europe, the
Netherlands company is now selling its repairable phones
in the US, starting with the Fairphone (Gen 6+).
...
Comes with a screwdriver. Cute.
"The Dutch company is bringing its repairable and
sustainably built Android smartphone?the Fairphone
(Gen 6+)?to the US. Each one comes with a
screwdriver."
acmeoid wrote:
Don't know much about the company but I am a proponent
(in general) of FIY
https://www.wired.com/story/you-can-finally-buy-a-fairphone-a-
sustainable-repairable-smartphone-in-the-us/
Aug 18, 2026
You Can Finally Buy a Fairphone?a Sustainable, Repairable
Smartphone?in the US
More than a decade after launching in Europe, the
Netherlands company is now selling its repairable phones
in the US, starting with the Fairphone (Gen 6+).
...
Comes with a screwdriver. Cute.
"The Dutch company is bringing its repairable and
sustainably built Android smartphone?the Fairphone
(Gen 6+)?to the US. Each one comes with a
screwdriver."
"A replacement screen from Fairphone costs just $90."
I have easily taken apart Samsung phones and replaced screens with ones
that cost under $25 on Amazon. Batteries are cheap and really, not that difficult to replace either. I've also replaced microphones and speakers
in them.
Then there's the cost of the phones themselves:
"The new Fairphone is available on Amazon and at Fairphone.com for $650..."
I paid around $165 for my Samsung Galaxy A26 5G. Admittedly, it's locked
to the carrier, but oh well...
"The Dutch company is bringing its repairable and
sustainably built Android smartphone?the Fairphone
(Gen 6+)?to the US. Each one comes with a
screwdriver."
I have easily taken apart Samsung phones and replaced screens with ones
that cost under $25 on Amazon. Batteries are cheap and really, not that difficult to replace either. I've also replaced microphones and speakers
in them.
What I also don't like is that they're working with Klara. I know young people who are in debt because of Klara.
Buying stuff with money they don't have.
On 2026-08-31 10:54, John C. wrote:
acmeoid wrote:
Don't know much about the company but I am a proponent
(in general) of FIY
https://www.wired.com/story/you-can-finally-buy-a-fairphone-a-
sustainable-repairable-smartphone-in-the-us/
Aug 18, 2026
You Can Finally Buy a Fairphone?a Sustainable, Repairable
Smartphone?in the US
More than a decade after launching in Europe, the
Netherlands company is now selling its repairable phones
in the US, starting with the Fairphone (Gen 6+).
...
Comes with a screwdriver. Cute.
"The Dutch company is bringing its repairable and
sustainably built Android smartphone?the Fairphone
(Gen 6+)?to the US. Each one comes with a
screwdriver."
"A replacement screen from Fairphone costs just $90."
I have easily taken apart Samsung phones and replaced screens with ones
that cost under $25 on Amazon. Batteries are cheap and really, not that
difficult to replace either. I've also replaced microphones and speakers
in them.
Then there's the cost of the phones themselves:
"The new Fairphone is available on Amazon and at Fairphone.com for $650..." >>
I paid around $165 for my Samsung Galaxy A26 5G. Admittedly, it's locked
to the carrier, but oh well...
Yes, there's been a similar attempt to produce modular, user
configurable and repairable laptops ...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/28/framework-laptop-16-review-modular-pc-keyboard-port-graphics-card
... but all such attempts potentially suffer from a common problem: modularity on its own is not enough to ensure economic repairability,
what is needed also is interchangeability of parts so that
replacements are widely and economically available. If the screen in
a Dell laptop cannot be used in an HP laptop, or the screen on a
Samsung phone cannot be used on an Apple phone, then replacements for
any one of them will be more expensive, perhaps uneconomically so,
because of the limited market.
Manufacturers worldwide would need to agree interchangeable device
component standards such as used to exist for IBM compatible PCs with
their open standard architecture, but, of course, there are strong
commercial reasons why they might not want to do that.
John C. wrote:
8< snip >8
I have easily taken apart Samsung phones and replaced screens with ones
that cost under $25 on Amazon. Batteries are cheap and really, not that
difficult to replace either. I've also replaced microphones and speakers
in them.
I've taken apart a PS4 controller and now my way around a PC, but I'm reluctant to open up a smartphone. I've seen YouTube vids where people replace a battery and I'm reluctant to give it a try.
Cell phone batteries are strongly glued in place, but using a credit-card-like piece of plastic patiently will get it loose. I've done
this a couple of times.
Some glues harden up, and there's rarely anything you can do to get
something loose from them. However, the glue used on cell phone
batteries doesn't harden up.
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