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Ifixit gives fairphone 5 a 10/10 on repairability and maintanence (www.ifixit.com)
submitted 10 months ago by DacoTaco@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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While they were happy with what the fairphone 4 brought to the table, they seem to like what was changed for the fairphone 5.
What are you guys' opinions on this? A welcome change? would you get one if your phone died within the next year?

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[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (4 children)

TBF it's not available in the USA, and a lot of us are in the USA...plus even if we got one, a lot of the bands wouldn't work, so it's not like you'd have a good connection with it.

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

This is the reason why I never bought an Asus phone despite hating our primary options in the US (Samsung, Apple, Google) and really wanting one. It seems most manufacturers forget that T-mobile bands exist despite them being nearly tied for #2 in marketshare in the US.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Yea so many damn good phones basically are useless here in the states. It sucks.

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How tragic. I'm sorry. As a dirty Yuropoor I'll buy one in your place and enjoy it for you.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Please do lol, I'd love to own one but it'd be a wifi brick at best here state side.

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's compatible with most of T-Mobile bands.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately T-Mobile is really crap in most of the USA outside of major cities. I'm basically in a dead zone with T-Mobile in my town. ATT isn't much better and Verizon is the best but both are still lacking... literally dropped calls in some areas.

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

That sucks when you are stuck in an area like that. I've had t-mo for about 15 years now and they've been great and have solid coverage everywhere I've been in and outside the state. Verizon really is a better option for more rural locations though generally. I had them for a little while when T-Mo didn't have great coverage where I was. And I really dislike ATT so they were a hard pass lol

[–] Cowbee@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

That's the biggest thing for me. If I can get a similar phone to work in the US with no stability or functional compromises, I'm happy.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

"Not available" in a given country doesn't really mean anything these days. You can buy anything online and get it shipped anywhere. The question I have is does it work on American wireless networks? Because if it does, you can figure out how to acquire a phone...