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Fairphone 6 is switching to a new design that's even more sustainable

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401 points Bluestein | 2 comments | 23 Jun 25 15:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.013s | source
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userbinator ◴[24 Jun 25 00:43 UTC] No.44361743[source]▶
When unscrewed, users are likely to be greeted with an option to remove the battery as well as it isn’t attached to the device with the help of glue but rather with additional screws.

What a horrible state of things that "not gluing the battery in place but screwing it in" is considered an improvement. IMHO smartphones have been on a horrible decline ever since ~2016. Before then, most Androids had [1] easily replaceable battery, no tools required at all; [2] microSD slot; [3] headphone jack; [4] (many) dual SIM; [5] (many cheaper models) easily rooted or unlocked by default. Now all we get are faster CPUs, more (non-expandable) storage, and far too many cameras.

There was also this memorable ad from Samsung: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hIoyb9L5g0

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fulafel ◴[24 Jun 25 03:41 UTC] No.44362671[source]▶
The article is misleading here in that the earlier Fairphones had removable batteries without glue.
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lawn ◴[24 Jun 25 03:48 UTC] No.44362694[source]▶
The Fairphone 4 at least you could replace the battery without any screws at all. It took seconds and it's been extremely useful for me.
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littlestymaar ◴[24 Jun 25 05:31 UTC] No.44363098[source]▶
On the flip side, the battery of my Fairphone 3 had a tendency to disconnect when it was shaken too strongly for its taste, rebooting the phone…

So I'd consider screws to be an improvement actually.

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crossroadsguy ◴[24 Jun 25 08:43 UTC] No.44364074[source]▶
If in 2025 your unscrewed battery is disconnecting evening at vigorous shakes it is not your fault at all. So that doesn't explain the "bring in the screws".
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1. littlestymaar ◴[24 Jun 25 09:15 UTC] No.44364241[source]▶
There must be something to tighten the contact between the phone and the battery, every other manufacturer uses glue, Fairphone tried to solve this problem with plastic clips before and it wasn't reliable enough, so I'm certainly not gonna blame them for doing it with the most effective method that doesn't compromise repairability.
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