I ditched Android around 6 years ago now, and since then I've been very happy with iOS, but over the last couple of months, I've been thinking about a

I’ve Been Thinking About a Switch to the Fairphone 5 | Kev Quirk

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2024-11-26 17:00:06

I ditched Android around 6 years ago now, and since then I've been very happy with iOS, but over the last couple of months, I've been thinking about a move back to Android, specifically the Fairphone 5.

The rationale here is that phones are extremely expensive, they don't last very long, and most importantly, they're not easily repairable.

I've had my current phone, an iPhone 13 Mini, for around 3 years and I'm still happy with it. It performs pretty well for the mediocre requirements I have for it (mostly web and email), but I know it's going to need some repairs soon.

For example, the battery settings show that the battery is operating at 87%, so that will need replacing soon, and the thunderbolt port used for charging is very temperamental. To get around that I've switched to wireless charging, but it will need replacing, I think.

If I were using a Fairphone, I could replace both the battery and the charging port myself, for a relatively small amount of money.