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HMD Pulse trio unveiled: affordable phones with 'Gen 1 repairability' (www.gsmarena.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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HMD is betting that consumers are moving to more environmentally-conscious products and are placing an emphasis on repairability. HMD says the Pulse range is built to “Gen 1 repairability” and that users can pick up self-repair kits from iFixit. Repairs include changing the battery, but also swapping the screen.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

3 years of security updates is unfortunately very little...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

True. Hopefully, the community helps maintain/extend the longevity of the phone.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Proof that cheap doesn't have to mean wasteful!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

How does this compare to the Fairphone (or Murena Fairphone in U.S.)?

Fairphone's repairability is extensive, their version of Android is de-Googled, and they should have updates for 10 years.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Looks like the back (and side) cover clips on. IFixit has repair guides available already. Inside, it looks like basically any regular phone. No Fairphone-esque modules. The inside seems to be well-designed for repairability though -- separate bottom board and battery pull tabs. All of the side buttons are attached to the back cover and a thin cable connects to the main board under some plastic. That's going to be easy to break while repairing...

I looked at all 3 phones, they are all similarly built to the Pro model I linked.