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The Fairphone (Gen. 6)

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155 points DavideNL | 2 comments | 25 Jun 25 09:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.483s | source
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lawn ◴[25 Jun 25 13:50 UTC] No.44377339[source]▶
I'm not a fan of the new battery and back panel.

I've got a Fairphone 4 and the most useful thing about it is the replaceable battery. I can't count the number of times an extra battery in my backpack has saved me.

Sure, maybe it's not that big of a deal to bring a screwdriver with me as well. But I just know I'm going to lose those tiny screws and changing the battery at the back of a taxi goes out the window.

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1. mrweasel ◴[25 Jun 25 14:03 UTC] No.44377468[source]▶
That screw in the battery is strange. Old Nokia phones had no issues with batteries falling out.
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2. lawn ◴[25 Jun 25 14:45 UTC] No.44377951[source]▶
The only time the battery has disconnected on the FP4 for me was when I dropped it from a fairly high distance.

Popped it back in and booted and went on my way.