What does a sustainable smartphone look like?
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In a bid to reduce global electronic waste, Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves. What makes its technology so sustainable?

Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves - This sustainable smartphone aims to reduce global electronic waste::In a bid to reduce global electronic waste, Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves. What makes its technology so sustainable?

  • nottheengineer@feddit.deEnglish
    36·
    11 months ago

    Unfortunately you need something with long firmware and software support. Qualcomm is your enemy, they stop updating the firmware of their chips after about two years and that’s why android phones often stop getting updates less than 2 years after you buy them.

    • gigachad@feddit.deEnglish
      231·
      11 months ago

      That’s true. I use LineageOS to get at least OS updates, but firmware is definitely problematic. I just wished mobile hardware would be more generic like in Desktop PCs, that would solve a lot of problems.

      • __ghost__English
        3·
        11 months ago

        Let’s go back to thicc boi phones like the 80s and we could have some pretty sick homebrew options

        Or hell, why not a modern bucket phone? Build it out in a box with a Bluetooth headset and 3.5mm passthrough

      • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        We need a phone equivalent of the 80’s BIOS wars.

        But it’s not in anyone’s best interest to spend the resources to develop a standardized hardware interface. Though at this point you’d think it would be straightforward to use UEFI.